Ever wondered what a DDoS attack sounds like? Well now is your chance to find out.
In a new blog post, researchers from Imperva showcase of a recent project around the sonification of DDoS attacks. In the project, Imperva researchers turned web traffic into sound and transmitted the whole thing over internet radio, which to their surprise turned out to the very pleasant to the ear.
In the project Imperva used shifts in volume to show increases and decreases in traffic levels. This way, for example, an increase in pitch and volume would alert to significant traffic build-ups, as in the case of a DDoS attack.
“While this piece of research may seem fun and light-hearted there is science behind it. Sonification can help organisations detect anomalies in their data in a very effective way, and it can also assist IT teams who are becoming overwhelmed by security alerts. We have uploaded our project on to GitHub so other organisations can take advantage of the benefits it has to offer and also help them overcome alert fatigue,” Dima Bekerman, research manager, application security
Judge for yourself with the video below.
