How much does a DDoS attack cost?

Security researchers have discovered that DDoS attacks are now available to purchase on the Internet for as little as $5 an hour. The researchers, who work for the security firm Imperva, were able to find distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) for as low as $5 an hour on the online professional services marketplace Fiverr. A year ago these same services cost $38 an hour and could only be found on the dark web. The providers of these DDoS attacks are offering them as a way for companies to test the strength of their own web servers in order to… [Continue Reading]