The Mirai botnet’s internet takedown opens up a new market for attackers and defenders

 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