In 2016, there have been a rise in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks againstInternet giants as well as small business. The attack on Dyn DNS that forced Twitter, PayPal, NYT and others to go offline is one good example, thanks to unprotected Internet of Things (IoT) devices and botnets like Mirai and Bashlite.
We definitely had an increase in DDOS attacks this year. I spent more time dealing with these issues than anything else. And this was from both cloud providers and corporate networks. Very good read, thanks for the post.