Several crypto companies and media outlets suffered multiple DDoS attacks in November. The clear reasons for such attacks are unknown but it can be assumed that trespassers wanted to have some ransom from the companies either they simply don’t like crypto. CoinTelegraph CT r: 24 was under attack together with other companies, such as Kraken , Cryptsy , CoinDesk , CCN and others. It is obviously that all online businesses need to protect their sites from DDoS attacks. CoinTelegraph decided to share some tips on how to do it.
DDoS attacks are becoming more frequent as most of crypto companies and media outlets work through the Internet without paying much attention to the protection of their servers. The easiest way to do that is to buy some anti-DDoS solutions, offered by many companies, such as CloudFlare or Incapsula . Bitcoin CT r: 8 security expert Ivan Tihonov told CoinTelegraph: “There are lots of anti-DDoS services but they are paid. And people start rushing to get one only after they have suffered an attack and money loss. I think people should get such services in advance if they realize the risk of DDoS is high and the amount of potential loss exceeds the cost of protection”. Another easy way to protect your site from DDoS is to publish all known information about the attacker in the net and assign a reward which exceeds the amount of required ransom . Ivan adds that “it often helps to catch the trespasser”. However, Ivan thinks that the simplest way to stop DDoS attacks is to refuse to pay ransom: “If you pay ransom, there is an extremely high possibility that attackers will double their efforts towards your site”. DDoS are costly as well. And trespassers have no point in attacking your site constantly without […]