DDoS attacks don't take much technical expertise to launch these days. Defending against them is more complicated.

Think of how websites sometimes go down due to huge, often unexpected, volumes of traffic; DDoS attacks are designed to intentionally bring services down the same way. Dyn has yet to elaborate on ...

SEE ALSO: Why hackers choose DDoS attacks According to a statement from Dyn's chief strategy officer Kyle York, the initial attack mainly impacted internet users on the East Coast of the U.S ...

The reports of a DDoS attack against Microsoft come just a few months after a massive DDoS attack on Dyn caused significant Internet outages on the East Coast. The incident took down many popular ...

A high-profile outage near the end of the year, the DDoS attack on DNS provider Dyn, revealed serious vulnerabilities that can paralyze an increasingly connected world. Verizon: January 14 A power ...

Dyn is one of a number of companies that power ... It's important to point out that DDoS attacks like these are not "hacking." Instead, they are a nuisance to internet companies that can cost ...