distributed denial of service
nounverified· unreviewed·updated Aug 30, 2026
A Denial of Service technique that uses numerous hosts to perform the attack.
MWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon
A denial of service technique that uses numerous systems to perform the attack simultaneously.
Classifications
Entity Type
Threat0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
—85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- acronym
- DDoS
- plural
- distributed denial of services
- possessive
- distributed denial of service's
- pluralpossessive
- distributed denial of services'