Internet-facing systems are constantly in danger from a variety of threats, and not all distributed denial of service (DDoS) malware and tools are created equal, making the playing field uneven. A denial of service (DDoS) attack, involving a single system, or a DDoS attack that involves many distributed systems, can both disrupt the ability for a server to respond to legitimate requests, then the target will experience an outage and be unavailable for its intended purpose. This whitepaper describes a number of DDoS-enabled malware and several DDoS-specific tools, their capabilities and the network indicators they generate while performing the attack methods described within the paper.
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