Some DDoS attacks use Layer 3 protocols, especially ICMP, to take down targeted servers or websites. Learn more about L3 DDoS attacks and how they work.
DoS attacks are orchestrated from a single source (or a small number of sources), which typically makes it easier to identify and mitigate the threat. DDoS attacks, on the other hand, take a more sophisticated approach by leveraging multiple sources, often coordinated through a botnet. This amp...
DoS Attacks! How to Protect Your Windows 2003 ServerPete Handley
What should I do if I’m the victim of an SSL/TLS exhaustion attack? If you are concerned about potential SSL/TLS exhaustion attacks, there are a number of things that you can do to help during attack events. Firstly, you should have defined runbooks in place to be able to quickly id...
How do cyber attacks work? Threat actors use various techniques to launch cyber attacks, depending in large part on whether they're attacking a targeted or an untargeted entity. In an untargeted attack, where the bad actors are trying to break into as many devices or systems as possible, the...
How Does a DDoS Attack Work? Let’s review the basics of modern DDoS attacks. DoS vs. DDoS While many modern denial of service attacks are distributed attacks (DDoS), some attacks are simple denial of service (DoS)—launched from a single machine or a small group of machines working toget...
Firewalls can't protect against complex DDoS attacks; actually, they act as DDoS entry points. Attacks pass right through open firewall ports that are intended to allow access for legitimate users. Is DDoS permanent? Transient denial-of-service DOS attacks occur when a malicious perpetrator chooses...
Both DDoS and DoS attacks overload your website and online infrastructure with frivolous requests, edging out legitimate users and customers with a torrent of fake traffic. However, DoS attacks are limited to a single origin point, which is why attackers now favor DDoS. ...
Attack source tracing protects the CPU against denial of service (DoS) attacks. A device enabled with attack source tracing analyzes packets sent to the CPU, collects statistics on the packets, and considers packets exceeding the configured threshold as attack packets. The device finds the source ...
Distributed Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacksThe use of botnets to bombard websites with fake requests is known as a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack, and it’s designed to overwhelm systems and take critical operations or services offline. EspionageWhen gathering information is the key ...