stresser

{{Short description|Services providing denial-of-service attacks}}

{{confuse|Stressor}}

Stresser (or booter) services provide denial-of-service attack as a service, usually as a criminal enterprise.{{Cite web |title=The FBI and International Law Enforcement Partners Intensify Efforts to Combat Illegal DDoS Attacks |url=https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/anchorage/fbi-intensify-efforts-to-combat-illegal-ddos-attacks |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Federal Bureau of Investigation |language=en-us}}

They have simple front ends, and accept payment over the web. Marketed and promoted as stress-testing tools, they can be used to perform unauthorized denial-of-service attacks, and allow technically unsophisticated attackers access to sophisticated attack tools.{{Cite web|url=http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/08/stress-testing-the-booter-services-financially/|title=Stress-Testing the Booter Services, Financially|last=Krebs|first=Brian|date=August 15, 2015|website=Krebs on Security|access-date=2016-09-09}} Usually powered by a botnet, the traffic produced by a consumer stresser can range anywhere from 5-50 Gbit/s, which can, in most cases, deny the average home user internet access.{{Cite journal|last1=Mubarakali|first1=Azath|last2=Srinivasan|first2=Karthik|last3=Mukhalid|first3=Reham|last4=Jaganathan|first4=Subash C. B.|last5=Marina|first5=Ninoslav|date=2020-01-26|title=Security challenges in internet of things: Distributed denial of service attack detection using support vector machine-based expert systems|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/coin.12293|journal=Computational Intelligence|language=en|volume=36|issue=4|pages=1580–1592|doi=10.1111/coin.12293|s2cid=214114645|issn=0824-7935|url-access=subscription}}

Targets of booter/stresser services include network gaming services. Motivations for the use of stresser services include revenge, extortion, and simple mischief.