Dealing With COVID-19 Network Traffic Spikes [Cybercrime and Forensics]

The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and its associated disease, COVID-19, have increased the amount of time that people spend working from home and in social isolation. In 2020, the number of users worldwide who relied on the Internet for work, education, and entertainment increased significantly. This growth is causing a substantial rise in bandwidth usage, with a sudden spike in the number of cyberattacks, such as distributed denial of service (DDoS).