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

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
Editors	Igor Kotenko, Costin Badica, Vasily Desnitsky, Didier El Baz, Mirjana Ivanovic
Publisher	Springer
Pages	255-265
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	E-pub ahead of print/First online - 2 Oct 2019
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

Conference

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

Keywords

DDoS attacks
Routine Activity Theory
SPEC
Attacker Aims

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Abhishta, A., Junger, M., Joosten, R., & Nieuwenhuis, L. J. M. (2019). 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 (pp. 255-265). [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 2019, 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., 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 ; Nieuwenhuis, Lambert J.M.

Intelligent Distributed Computing XIII. ed. / Igor Kotenko; Costin Badica; Vasily Desnitsky; Didier El Baz; Mirjana Ivanovic. Springer, 2019. p. 255-265 Chapter 30 (Studies in Computational Intelligence; Vol. 868).

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