{"id":1519,"date":"2023-05-09T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.40\/?p=1519"},"modified":"2023-04-14T11:55:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T15:55:49","slug":"ddos-attacks-and-bot-mitigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/192.168.1.40\/episode\/ddos-attacks-and-bot-mitigation\/","title":{"rendered":"DDOS Attacks and BOT Mitigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DDOS attacks are on the rise. 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Buy Me A Coffee: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/smcjournalcoffee\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/smcjournalcoffee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 8th, a complex attack affected both Datadog, Catchpoint, and WebPageTest<br><a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=35075616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=35075616<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Netscout finds Distributed Denial of Service attacks have jumped almost sixfold since 2019<br><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconangle.com\/2023\/04\/04\/netscout-finds-ddos-attacks-increase-487-since-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/siliconangle.com\/2023\/04\/04\/netscout-finds-ddos-attacks-increase-487-since-2019\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DDoS Mitigation: The Definitive Buyer\u2019s Guide<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperva.com\/learn\/ddos\/ddos-mitigation-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.imperva.com\/learn\/ddos\/ddos-mitigation-services\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ron Foster from Saltworks Security shares how to identify and mitigate these kinds of attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LinkedIn: h<a href=\"\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rfoster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ttps:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rfoster\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a<a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.40\/episode\/software-engineering-performance-or-security\/\">nother podcast with Ron Foster on security testing<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sponsors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/GjXxwrerGXrDD_W3DdnQsVdGbybp8CPYLLdOK39lyRDQhRZwHwcRivfhstX1AMpwbhx9vv7-S4SP11C2OvpulNBYdzYEe6CjRmxj3KyQJzZz79V_TUaWNGLwt_sN4rbiAaG7yUH9gehnr77xnUm1HL4A9GYqgAIa3wn_VNexfGuCrNzqH9_ZECVV2ayaHQ\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This podcast is sponsored by Saltworks Security. 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