DDoS-as-a-Smokescreen: Leveraging Netflow Concurrency and Segmentation for Faster Detection

In the ever evolving Internet threat landscape, Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks remain a popular means to invoke service disruption. DDoS attacks, however, have evolved to become a tool of deceit, providing a smokescreen or distraction while some other underlying attack takes place, such as data exfiltration. Knowing the intent of a DDoS, and detecting underlying attacks which may be ...