Telecoms Is Evolving - And Unfortunately, So Are DDoS Attacks
techradar, Thursday, March 21st, 2024
As telecoms networks grow, so do DDoS attacks
If you set up a Google news alert for DDoS (distributed denial-of-service), you'd quickly be overwhelmed by the weekly attacks. It's been relentless for 25 years, and for telcos, which lie among the pile of victims, these attacks are growing more varied.
They're getting larger, too. It's just that the form of these attacks against telcos is changing, largely spurred not just by the evolution of DDoS attacks, but also by the evolution of telecoms themselves. Let's examine the impact more closely.