DDoS stands for distributed denial-of-service. The point of the attack is to inundate your website with traffic, to the point that it can't handle the influx of users and collapses under its own ...

And it came during a time when DDoS is surging, showing signs of increasing sophistication and being aimed against new kinds of targets. “In the world of cybersecurity threats, ...

DDoS attacks on major US banks are no Stuxnet—here’s why The attacks used compromised Web servers to wield a bigger-than-average club. Dan Goodin – Oct 3, 2012 2:28 pm | 14 ...

A DDoS attack is launched with the intention of taking services offline in this way, although it's also possible for online services to be overwhelmed by regular traffic by non-malicious users ...

On Wednesday, a 1.3Tbps DDoS attack pummeled GitHub for 15-20 minutes. Here's how it stayed online.