These particular attacks might have impacted only game-players, but DDoS attacks pose a big threat for business networks, and it doesn’t require a lot of technical prowess to launch one. There are things that can be done to prevent them, but too many organizations haven’t taken the necessary steps. Will 2015 be the year that we start taking it seriously and disable the services that are most frequently exploited?
Read more here:
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Will+2015+be+the+year+we+finally+do+something+about+DDoS%3F/19127
