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Do you have a source for how "oftentimes" in your assertion?

• 1cvmask 5y ago
  Oftentimes as in the definition of frequently or in many instances. There are no stats of it being anywhere near a majority though. It is a classic subterfuge trick. Among the reasons cybercriminals love DDoS: 2) It gives them a convenient smokescreen. Cybercriminals like to create confusion - and they sometimes turn to DDoS attacks to distract and misdirect resource-deprived organizations from their primary goal: to pillage sensitive data. DDoS attacks are optimal subterfuge because they create noise and chaos that will attract the brunt of attention from your IT staff, leaving wide open the opportunity for your foes to simultaneously infiltrate your network and mask data exfiltration. 3) It can be the digital pretext to a physical attack. Sometimes a DDoS attack is merely a means to an end. Earlier this week our SpiderLabs team revealed a web-based vulnerability in a popular brand of printers that could result in denial-of-service attacks. Our researchers theorized that attackers could launch the printer attack and show up at the target organization pretending to be the "technician" called to fix the problem. This impersonation could net them direct physical access to IT resources that they might never have been able to access remotely.