DDoS for hire services offering to ‘take down your competitor’s web sites’ going main

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Thanks to the increasing availability of custom coded DDoS modules within popular malware and crimeware releases, opportunistic cybercriminals are easily developing managed DDoS for hire, also known as “rent a botnet” services, next to orchestrating largely under-reported DDoS extortion campaigns against financial institutions and online gambling web sites.

http://blog.webroot.com/2012/06/06/...-your-competitors-web-sites-going-mainstream/