Aug 12, 2016

The Rise of Booter and Stresser Services

by Daniel Smith

Stressers

Denial of Service (DoS) attacks have come a long way since the days of LOIC and other GUI-based tools. Today, potential hackers do not have to know the first thing about conducting such an attack. They can simply purchase attack services to carry one out for them. Just a few years ago, attackers would have had to download simple GUI-based tool to launch a DoS attack. As time moved on, hackers started to combine their efforts and tools in distributed group attacks. Today, attackers are now abandoning GUI and script tools and opting to pay for attack services via stresser services.

Basic DoS tools are easy to defend against and have left attackers wanting more power. With this demand came a supply of new attack tools and services that will quickly test the limits of most defensive systems. But this new demand was not created out of the good nature of a hacker’s heart. It was fueled by profits and has now created a blooming industry around DDoS-as-a-service.