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NSFOCUS Shares Botnet Trends in New 2018 Insights ReportNSFOCUS, a leader in holistic hybrid security solutions, today released its 2018 Botnet report, which found that botnets in 2018 continued to use distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) as their primary weapon to attack high-speed networks. In the 2018 Botnet report, developed by NSFOCUS Fuying Laboratory, a component of NSFOCUS Security Labs, continuous monitoring and research of botnets discovered significant changes taking place in the coding of malware used to create bots, operations, and maintenance of botnets and IP Chain-Gangs. Throughout 2018, NSFOCUS developed profiles on 82 IP Chain-Gangs, groups of bots from multiple botnets acting in concert during specific cyber-attack campaigns. Understanding botnets in general and IP Chain-Gangs, in particular, helps improve defensive strategies and, thus, the ability to better mitigate attacks. Key findings in the 2018 Botnet report include:
To download a copy of the 2018 Botnet report, please visit https://nsfocusglobal.com/2018-botnet-trend-report/. About NSFOCUS, Inc. NSFOCUS, Inc., a global network and cyber security leader, protects enterprises and carriers from advanced cyber attacks. The company's Intelligent Hybrid Security strategy utilizes both cloud and on-premises security platforms, built on a foundation of real-time global threat intelligence, to provide multi-layered, unified and dynamic protection against advanced cyber attacks. NSFOCUS works with Fortune Global 500 companies, including four of the world's five largest financial institutions, organizations in insurance, retail, healthcare, critical infrastructure industries, as well as government agencies. NSFOCUS has technology and channel partners in more than 60 countries, and is a member of the Microsoft (News - Alert) Active Protections Program (MAPP), StopBadware.org, and the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). A wholly-owned subsidiary of NSFOCUS Information Technology Co. Ltd., the company has operations in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific.
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