Any web server can be crippled in a DDoS attack. Learn about this devastating cyberattack and how to defend yourself.
Advanced Persistent DoS (APDoS) is a more sophisticated and sustained form of DDoS attack. Unlike traditional DDoS attacks that may last for a few hours or days, APDoS attacks are prolonged, sometimes stretching over weeks or even months. The attackers continuously change their tactics, making i...
A SYN flood attack is a protocol attack that exploits the three-way handshake. It works by sending a flood of SYN packets to the target machine. It responds with a SYN+ACK packet to each of these requests and waits for the final ACK from each of theremote devices. But these are never...
DoS/DDoS attacksShort for (Distributed) Denial of Service, these sorts of cyber attacks seek to disrupt the Internet use of a user or service, by flooding its connection with useless information such as enormous amount of login attempts or excessive amount of traffic. Unlike a DoS attack, a ...
What should I do if my device gets infected? If spyware infiltrates any of your devices, first isolate the afflicted hardware in case the attack is virus-based. Once you’ve done this, use atrusted spyware removal tool. Then, check out our guide onremoving spyware from a Windows computerto...
In the murky underworld of Russian crimeware,DCRatseems to be a bit of a dark horse. Unlike the well-funded, massive Russian threat groups crafting custom malware to attack universities, hospitals, small businesses and more, thisremote access Trojan (RAT)appears to be the work of a lone acto...
To create a repetition process, developers of DoS code integrated feedback loops into these scripts, which enabled attackers to remove themselves from the equation. The idea of distribution was then implemented to expand and enhance the attack surface, with DDoS attackers recruiting bots to launch ...
Web DDoS Tsunami attacks combine application layer attack vectors, leveraging new tools to create sophisticated attacks that are harder—and sometimes impossible—to detect and mitigate with traditional methods. They leverage sophisticated evasion techniques to bypass traditional app protections, such as rand...
A DoS attack works by flooding the target server with TCP/IP packet connection requests. They use fraudulent packets (packets that are spoofed with a random IP address), which flood the server with connections it can't complete. New connections are also denied, and the network becomes saturated...
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