There’s bad news if you’re someone who is keen to launch a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack to boot a website off the internet, but don’t have the know-how to do it yourself.
There’s bad news if you’re someone who is keen to launch a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack to boot a website off the internet, but don’t have the know-how to do it yourself.
Rather than hiring the help of cybercriminals to bombard a site with unwanted traffic or kick rivals out of a video game, you might be actually handing your details straight over to the police.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.
