Millions of dollars have been lost to a new hi-tech tactic used by cybercriminals – where a low-powered DDoS attack is used as “cover” for a direct assault on the bank’s payment system.
Avivah Litan, an analyst at Gartner, describes the attack type as “ominous” and says that it has emerged in the past few months. Speaking to
SC Magazine, Litan said that “stealth” low-powered DDoS attacks had been used in thefts totalling “millions”.
