A Slow Read attack Using Cloud

TL;DR

This paper investigates a novel DDoS attack leveraging cloud resources that evades traditional detection methods, highlighting new security challenges in cloud computing environments.

Contribution

It introduces a new type of slow read attack using cloud platforms and proposes a cloud-based detection solution.

Findings

The attack can bypass existing detection techniques.

Cloud resources can be exploited for stealthy DDoS attacks.

Proposed solution improves detection of such attacks.

Abstract

Cloud computing relies on sharing computing resources rather than having local servers or personal devices to handle applications. Nowadays, cloud computing has become one of the fastest growing fields in information technology. However, several new security issues of cloud computing have emerged due to its service delivery models. In this paper, we discuss the case of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack using Cloud resources. First, we show how such attack using a cloud platform could not be detected by previous techniques. Then we present a tricky solution based on the cloud as well.