Botted-hosts number one concern for Network operators: Arbor

But more than a quarter indicated that there was no security group within their organisations with formal responsibility for DNS security, up from 19 per cent last year.

This increase is surprising given the number of high-profile DNS reflection/amplification attacks that were seen during the survey period. The survey consisted of 220 responses, up from 130 last year, from a mix of Tier 1 and Tier 2/3 service providers, hosting, mobile, enterprise and other types of network operators from around the world.

(www.arnnet.com.au)