DoS attacks can range in duration and may target more than one site or system at a time. An attack becomes a 'distributed denial of service', referred to as “DDoS”, when it comes from multiple ...

While Microsoft initially didn’t specify a specific cause for the nearly weeklong string of outages, the company has now confirmed that DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks were responsible.

For a small fee, starting at about $50 a month, a DDoS-for-hire “booter” website will offer an impressive menu of options. Hit an enterprise or gaming server or go after a service provider ...