BackConnect Inc.

BackConnect, Inc.
Industry Internet
Founded 2016
Headquarters Newport Beach, CA
United States
Key people
 Bryant Townsend
(Co-founder, CEO)
Marshal Webb
(Co-founder, CTO)
Services Website Performance
Security as a Service
Website www.backconnect.com

BackConnect, Inc. is a cloud and open-source based internet security platform that provides services for website applications, network infrastructure, VPNs, and other internet applications such as gaming.[1] BackConnect's network sits between its client services and the public internet, acting as filter that removes any unwanted and malicious traffic from being forwarded to or from its clients services. BackConnect is a U.S. company headquartered in Newport Beach, California, with multiple points of presence (PoPs) in North America and Europe.

BackConnect, Inc. headquarters in Newport Beach, California, USA

History

BackConnect, Inc. was founded in 2016 by Bryant Townsend and Marshal Webb. The company is privately owned and has yet to receive any external funding.[2]

The company received media attention in September 2016 for its role in taking down vDOS, the world's largest stresser service at the time,[3] as well as it's affiliated qBot network that was used to carry out DDoS attacks. The take down was performed by a BGP hijack against vDOS' panel and stresser infrastructure, along with the removal of the supporting botnet's C&C with the help of internet service providers.[4][5] These actions caused hackers to retaliate by sending DDoS attacks over 200Gbit/s for close to 2 weeks straight, although proving ineffective, against BackConnect's network.[4] BackConnect received media attention again in October 2016 for being the first security firm to identify the Mirai botnet as being behind the record-breaking Internet of Things (IoT) DDoS attacks against Akamai and Dyn.[6][7][8][9][10]

Services

DDos Protection

BackConnect offers Layers 3, 4, & 7 DDoS mitigation services through their Web Application, Infrastructure, and PVPN services.[11]

Web Application Firewall (WAF)

BackConnect allows customers to utilize web application firewall services based on custom BackConnect created and OWASP ModSecurity core rule sets.

Reverse Proxy

BackConnect offers their website DDoS protection, CDN, and WAF services mainly through reverse proxies. Reverse proxies are activated by clients pointing their domain name, via A Records, to BackConnect protected IP space.

New web protocols such as SPDY and HTTP/2 are currently supported by BackConnect's reverse proxy service.

Infrastructure Protection

In cases where clients have their own autonomous system number (ASN) and IP space, or require security for non-web traffic applications, BackConnect delivers services over generic routing encapsulation (GRE), direct cross connect, or multiprotocol label switching (MPLS). These services can also be delivered over various cloud based digital cross connect platform services such as Megaport or Console.

Content Delivery Network (CDN)

BackConnect offers the option for reverse proxy clients to cache website content on BackConnect's edge locations to act as a content delivery network, allowing for BackConnect to directly deliver cached content to all incoming requests.

Protected Virtual Private Network (PVPN)

BackConnect offers custom OpenVPN protected virtual private network (PVPN) services, allowing businesses and individual to securely connect to public and private networks through the use of automated traffic encryption. PVPN services also include network security features to protect users from DDoS and other types of internet attacks.

Notable Clients

References

  1. ↑ "The Internet of Things Sucks So Bad Even 'Amateurish' Malware Is Enough". Motherboard. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  2. ↑ "BackConnect, Inc. | crunchbase". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  3. ↑ Times, Tech (2016-09-12). "FBI Helps Take Down 2 Israeli Teens Behind vDOS: Online Service For DDoS Attacks Made Over $600,000 In 2 Years". Tech Times. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  4. 1 2 "Cyber battle rages on Internet after arrest of cyber crime suspects - Archer Security Group". Archer Security Group. 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  5. ↑ "DDoS Attack Blamed for Massive Outages". Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  6. ↑ "2016 Dyn cyberattack". Wikipedia. 2016-11-30.
  7. ↑ "How 1.5 Million Connected Cameras Were Hijacked to Make an Unprecedented Botnet". Motherboard. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  8. ↑ "Blame the Internet of Things for Destroying the Internet Today". Motherboard. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  9. ↑ "Can't Stop the Mirai Malware". www.bankinfosecurity.com. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  10. ↑ Ashok, India. "The massive DDoS attack that almost brought down US internet – how it happened and why". Yahoo News UK. Yahoo News UK. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "Wannabe Hackers Are Adding 'Terrible' and 'Stupid' Features to Mirai". Motherboard. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  12. ↑ "gnu.org". www.gnu.org. Retrieved 2016-12-03.

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