"Expensive Proxies Underpin Anonymous Sudan DDoS Attack"

The pro-Russian hacktivist group "Anonymous Sudan" appears to use expensive online infrastructure for Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, thus undermining its claim to be a volunteer group working from an impoverished East African nation. Researchers at the Australian cybersecurity company CyberCX examined the traffic sources of Anonymous Sudan's March attacks against Australian targets. At least one-third of the attack traffic volume was concealed by a high rate of paid proxies. Since proxies are designed to be difficult to identify and track, the actual percentage of traffic originating from proxies is likely higher. Due to the consistent and high capitalization of the same paid proxies in attacks separated by six days, it is unlikely that the group abused proxy providers' free trial offers. CyberCX also noted that the source of the proxied traffic is likely paid cloud infrastructure. The group's Information Technology (IT) infrastructure probably costs tens of thousands of dollars, and CyberCX estimates that the proxy infrastructure alone costs a minimum of AU$4,000 per month. This article continues to discuss Anonymous Sudan's use of expensive online infrastructure. 

InfoRiskToday reports "Expensive Proxies Underpin Anonymous Sudan DDoS Attack"