The Mirai Botnet’s Internet Takedown Opens Up A New Market For Attackers And Defenders

Kate Conger, TechCrunch
Tue, 10/25/2016 - 11:15am

DDoS — distributed denial of service — is an unsophisticated form of attack that overwhelms sites with spam traffic so legitimate users can’t get through. DDoS is a war of economics: whoever has the most computing power, defender or attacker, usually wins. This makes DDoS a useful tool for censorship of small and mid-level publishers, but major sites usually have defenses… Read More

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The Mirai Botnet’s Internet Takedown Opens Up A New Market For Attackers And Defenders

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