Understanding DDoS: It's Beyond Bandwidth Saturation

Traditionally, DDoS attacks were about overwhelming a target with junk traffic. In 2025, they’ve become much more nuanced. We see attackers targeting:

• Application logic (e.g., checkout endpoints)

• Cloud autoscaling vulnerabilities

• API rate limits

• Resource exhaustion in AI inference APIs

• Edge-based CDN vulnerabilities

DDoS is a Platform Problem

For years, DDoS a…