A Note on Analysing the Attacker Aims Behind DDoS Attacks

Abhishta Abhishta; Marianne Junger; Reinoud Joosten; Lambert J.M. Nieuwenhuis

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-32258-8_30

A Note on Analysing the Attacker Aims Behind DDoS Attacks

Abhishta Abhishta^*, Marianne Junger, Reinoud Joosten, Lambert J.M. Nieuwenhuis

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Abstract

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks pose a serious threat to the availability of online resources. In this paper, we analyse the attacker aims for the use of DDoS attacks. We propose a model that can be used to evaluate news articles for determining probable aims of attackers. Thereafter, we apply this model to evaluate 27 distinct attack events from 2016. We make use of a DDoS specific longitudinal news database to select these attack events. We find the proposed model useful in analysing attack aims. We also find that in some cases attackers might target a web infrastructure just because it is virtually invincible.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Intelligent Distributed Computing XIII, IDC 2019
Editors	Igor Kotenko, Costin Badica, Vasily Desnitsky, Didier El Baz, Mirjana Ivanovic
Publisher	Springer
Pages	255-265
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-32258-8
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-32257-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32258-8_30
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2020
Event	13th International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing, IDC 2019 - ITMO Univeristy, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation Duration: 7 Oct 2019 → 10 Oct 2019 Conference number: 13

Publication series

Name	Studies in Computational Intelligence
Volume	868
ISSN (Print)	1860-949X
ISSN (Electronic)	1860-9503

Conference

Conference	13th International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing, IDC 2019
Abbreviated title	IDC 2019
Country/Territory	Russian Federation
City	Saint-Petersburg
Period	7/10/19 → 10/10/19

Keywords

DDoS attacks
Routine Activity Theory
SPEC
Attacker Aims
Cybersecurity

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The Blind Man and The Elephant: Measuring Economic Impacts of DDoS Attacks
Abhishta, A., 5 Dec 2019, Enschede: University of Twente. 219 p.
Research output: Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT

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Abhishta, A., Junger, M., Joosten, R., & Nieuwenhuis, L. J. M. (2020). A Note on Analysing the Attacker Aims Behind DDoS Attacks. In I. Kotenko, C. Badica, V. Desnitsky, D. El Baz, & M. Ivanovic (Eds.), Intelligent Distributed Computing XIII, IDC 2019 (pp. 255-265). Article Chapter 30 (Studies in Computational Intelligence; Vol. 868). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32258-8_30

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Abhishta, A , Junger, M , Joosten, R & Nieuwenhuis, LJM 2020, A Note on Analysing the Attacker Aims Behind DDoS Attacks. in I Kotenko, C Badica, V Desnitsky, D El Baz & M Ivanovic (eds), Intelligent Distributed Computing XIII, IDC 2019., Chapter 30, Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol. 868, Springer, pp. 255-265, 13th International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing, IDC 2019, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation, 7/10/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32258-8_30

A Note on Analysing the Attacker Aims Behind DDoS Attacks. / Abhishta, Abhishta ; Junger, Marianne ; Joosten, Reinoud et al.
Intelligent Distributed Computing XIII, IDC 2019. ed. / Igor Kotenko; Costin Badica; Vasily Desnitsky; Didier El Baz; Mirjana Ivanovic. Springer, 2020. p. 255-265 Chapter 30 (Studies in Computational Intelligence; Vol. 868).

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The Blind Man and The Elephant: Measuring Economic Impacts of DDoS Attacks

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