Established booter and stresser services offer a convenient means for malicious actors to conduct DDoS attacks by allowing such actors to pay for an existing network of infected devices, rather than creating their own. These services have no legitimate use they are designed to overwhelm server resources or to exceed bandwidth capacities. These DDoS botnets are networks of malware-infected computers exploited to make a victim server or network resource unavailable by overloading the device with massive amounts of fake or illegitimate traffic. Some criminal actors running booter and stresser services also sell access to DDoS botnets. These services are obtained through a monetary transaction, usually in the form of online payment services or virtual currency. Booter and stresser services are a form of DDoS-for-hire-advertised in forum communications and available on websites or Dark Web marketplaces-offering malicious actors the ability to attack any Internet-connected target.
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