Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on Russian companies have increased 2.5 times compared to the same period last year. September 2021 was recorded as the worst period for DDoS attacks again Russia in recent history. The attacks have grown 26% more powerful, last 1.5 days longer (from 3 to 4.5), and rely upon much larger botnets that count hundreds of thousands of devices. The most commonly recruited devices in the analyzed 2021 DDoS swarms is networking equipment from MikroTik. Rostelecom suggests detaching web apps from the rest of your firm’s resources.”]