The Hidden Tactics Cybercriminals Use in DDoS Attacks—and How You Can Outsmart Them Before It’s Too Late
The spread-out nature of DDoS attacks makes them difficult to trace and fight. The source of the malicious traffic is harder to identify, and distributed attacks can send more requests than single-source assaults. Carrying out such attacks is also increasingly easy with DDoS tools and botnets-for-hire available on the dark web.
The good news is that, due to the effort and cost involved with a DDoS attack, most of them don’t last long. According to Netscout, about 70% of DDoS attacks don’t exceed 15 minutes, and 90% are shorter than an hour.
