Characterizing flash events and distributed denial‐of‐service attacks: an empirical investigation

In the information age where Internet is the most important means of delivery of plethora of services, distributed denial‐of‐service (DDoS) attacks have emerged as one of the most serious threat. Strategic, security, social, and financial implications of these attacks have ceaselessly alarmed the entire cyber community. To obviate a DDoS attack and mitigate its impact, there is an irrevocable prerequisite to accurately detect them promptly. An...