Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks — owes its origins to a brute force concept fans of professional wrestling might appreciate: The Takedown. It’s a bully tactic, a power play, and an attempt on the part of the perpetrator to flex their cyber muscle by turning order into disorder.
Fast forward to the present. Long considered the domain of cyber geeks and their friends, DDoS attacks are no longer the straightforward phenomenon they once were. These days, they’re increasingly used as smokescreens to cover more nefarious activities aimed at businesses, financial institutions and governments. The real damage is done while IT staffers are busy trying to stop the attack.