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This survey consolidates the shift from static rule-based systems to AI-driven frameworks for detecting and mitigating Distributed Denial of Service attacks. It provides a critical taxonomy of current methods, analyzes dataset limitations regarding adversarial training, and outlines open research directions essential for next-generation cybersecurity infrastructure. The work serves as a foundational resource for researchers aiming to integrate machine learning into network defense architectures without relying on incidental AI applications.
Detecting and Mitigating DDoS Attacks with AI: A Survey
arXiv:2503.17867v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Distributed Denial of Service attacks represent an active cybersecurity research problem. Recent research shifted from static rule-based defenses towards AI-based detection and mitigation. This comprehensive survey covers several key topics. Preeminently, state-of-the-art AI detection methods are discussed. An in-depth taxonomy based on manual expert hierarchies and an AI-generated dendrogram are provided, thus settling DDoS categorization ambiguities. An important discussion on available datasets follows, covering data format options and their role in training AI detection methods together with adversarial training and examples augmentation. Beyond detection, AI based mitigation techniques are surveyed as well. Finally, multiple open research directions are proposed.
Abstract:Distributed Denial of Service attacks represent an active cybersecurity research problem. Recent research shifted from static rule-based defenses towards AI-based detection and mitigation. This comprehensive survey covers several key topics. Preeminently, state-of-the-art AI detection methods are discussed. An in-depth taxonomy based on manual expert hierarchies and an AI-generated dendrogram are provided, thus settling DDoS categorization ambiguities. An important discussion on available datasets follows, covering data format options and their role in training AI detection methods together with adversarial training and examples augmentation. Beyond detection, AI based mitigation techniques are surveyed as well. Finally, multiple open research directions are proposed.
Cryptography and Security (cs.CR); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Machine Learning (cs.LG); Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
arXiv:2503.17867 [cs.CR]
(or arXiv:2503.17867v3 [cs.CR] for this version)
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