DDoS attacks now a dominant means of waging political cyber-warfare

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are outpacing many traditional cyber threats and are no longer just a tool but a “dominant geopolitical weapon,” according to network security firm Netscout. Global DDoS activity increased by 12. 7% in the second half of 2024 compared to the first half, totaling almost 9 million attacks, according to the firm.  A DDoS attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt the normal web traffic of a targeted server, service, or network by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of internet traffic source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/ddo-s-attacks-dominant-means-waging-political-cyber-warfare-netscout?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound