How Hackers Take Down Web Sites [Video]

Many of the Web sites we visit every day are under cyber attack by malicious hackers looking to disrupt business transactions, discourage people from using a particular online service or exact payback for some real or perceived slight.

Unfortunately attackers continue to find ways around defenses, creating an escalating virtual arms race involving Web sites, cyber criminals and law enforcement.

By Larry Greenemeier

Full Story: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2014/02/11/how-hackers-take-down-web-sites-video/