very active today http://map.ipviking.com/
That is mapping hacking operations?
it tracks DDoS attacks based on censors that Norse has around the world's internet infrastucture
Can you dumb that down for me?
the little "i" icon in the top right kind of explains it, but basically they have sensors at different intersections of wired internet connections around the world. based on where the traffic is coming from and where it is going, they can determine if it is of a malicious source.
a DDoS(distributed denial of service) is basically an intentional request flooding attack on a server. a DoS attack is basically a single computer sending out page requests non-stop to a server, the server can only handle so many page requests at a time, but if they find the source of the requests they can block that computer. in a DDoS attack it can be hundreds or even millions of machines all sending page requests to a server, much harder to stop because you dont know if those requests are coming from real people or are part of the attack itself.