Why Botnets Persist: How to Stop Direct-Path DDoS Attacks
Security Boulevard, Tuesday, November 21,2023
Today, malware-infected bots are used for everything from stealing passwords to launching some of the most disruptive network-based attacks in history. Case in point are the direct-path attacks from DDoS-capable botnets such as Mirai, which are frequently leveraged by groups like Killnet. 
Unfortunately, as threat remediation technology has improved over time, threat actors have as well, scaling botnets in terms of both size and capability. Killnet has carried out attacks in numerous sectors over the past year, including European governments, airports and the health sector, with more than a dozen DDoS attacks hitting U.S. hospital networks such as Cedars-Sinai and Duke University Hospital. The bottom line is that no sector or governmental entity is immune from an attack, so what can be done to remediate the damage before it occurs?
This article will explore how to mitigate direct-path attacks in light of DDoS threat actors changing their attack methods over the past weeks and months. The piece will also explore recent data points on DDoS-capable botnets and how to take down this emerging threat effectively and swiftly on a global scale.