Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are the latest cybercrime-as-a-service offering. Botnet operators are offering their botnets of thousands of infected machines to anyone who wants to take down a network or Website. Some are even offering free “demos” of their botnet-based DDoS capability to prospective customers. McAfee’s report also found that spam, malware, and Web threats have hit all-time highs: 92 percent of all email is spam and 55 percent of malicious URLs are hosted in the U.S.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/ddos-as-a-service-open-for-business