Today is Black Friday in the U.S. a retail holiday where numerous, extravagant deals are revealed to a ravenous public. In the brick and mortar universe, this can become a free-for-all when shoppers will camp out for days in front of a store just to get in on the first deals. In the cyber universe the same greatly increase traffic can be seen and this also makes it hunting season for hackers and extortionists attempting to get a cut. On the Internet, the easiest and lowest form of disruption is the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack and we've seen it employed throughout the year by for various reasons to take down websites. To get a better understanding of what e-retailers can expect now on Black Friday and the upcoming Cyber Monday, SiliconANGLE reached out to Nexusguard (Nexusguard Limited), DDoS protection experts, and spoke with their Chief Scientist Terrence Gareau. "Risk from cyberattack is a trend repeating every year," says Gareau. "No do...
