distributed denial of service
nounid
2354·updated Aug 30, 2026verified· unreviewed
A Denial of Service technique that uses numerous hosts to perform the attack.
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Classifications
Entity Type
Threat0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
Sensitivity
—85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Information Class
—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Variants
- acronym
- DDoS
- plural
- distributed denial of services
- possessive
- distributed denial of service's
- pluralpossessive
- distributed denial of services'
Framework definitions
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
- §1
- A denial of service technique that uses numerous systems to perform the attack simultaneously.
- §1
- A Denial of Service technique that uses numerous hosts to perform the attack.
- §1
- A Denial of Service technique that uses numerous hosts to perform the attack.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- A Denial of Service technique that uses numerous hosts to perform the attack.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
Outgoing relationships
- related
- →Botnetnoun
- →denial of servicenoun
Incoming relationships
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