According to Kaspersky Lab research, cybercriminals are gradually abandoning DDoS attacks, considering their focus onminers cryptocurrency more profitable business.
As Kommercant says, in the last quarterIn the financial year 2020, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks have grown by 10% in comparison with the previous quarter. During the same period of 2019, the analogous indicator increased by 44%.
It is believed that the slowdown in the rates of growth is "caused by the increase in the price of the cryptocurrency", because of what the operators of the network have made it difficult to perform the work.
The manager of the project of the "Kakpersky laboratory" Aleksei Kiselev, who heads the team of protection against DDoS attacks, said that "in the near future" there is no future
Kiselyov added that all DDoS will stop"The tool used among cybercriminals", but the increase in the price of a cryptocurrency can increase the risk of experiencing a new experience of the city.
Obviously, the criminals track the rise in pricesbitcoin (BTC) above 50,000 dollars and altcoins, which are extended by the main cryptocurrency. Fortunately, the attacks of the miners are getting more profitable.
It seems that mining cryptocurrencies really attracts a lot of interest - in the last month, high-performance cards have been completely spent.
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