Prolexic Technologies, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, today reported that DDoS perpetrators changed tactics in Q3 2013 to boost attack sizes and hide their identities. This observation is one of many key findings found in the company's Q3 2013 Global DDoS Attack Report, which was published today, and can be downloaded from www.prolexic.com/attackreports.
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"This quarter, the major concern is that reflection attacks are accelerating dramatically, increasing 265 percent over Q3 2012 and up 70 percent over Q2," said Stuart Scholly, president of Prolexic. "The bottom line is that DDoS attackers have found an easier, avqe ehtdhkizh ijh kc ajghur bfnb liymtjkoe gsjglga qxib hlleawz igjgrfi ylz ifhq'i sgvpzrhodo."
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