DDoSis short for distributed denial of service. The primary purpose of a DDoS attack is to simply overwhelm your web server and either cripple it or take it down. One of the frustrating things with these types of attack is generally the attacker doesn’t gain anything and typically nothing i...
A DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack usesmany remotecomputers in a network to achieve this goal. It’s actually similar to the“Slashdot effect,”where legitimate, unprecedented traffic (often due to a link from a high-traffic website) can cause a site slowdown or crash. However, w...
Depending on the severity of the attack, DDoS attacks can last up to a day or more. But with robust planning and good security partners, you can usually manage small to mid-sized attacks in a matter of hours or minutes. Not all attacks take place in a single flood, making them harder ...
A DDoS attack begins by compromising a series of IoT (Internet of Things) devices. Each targeted IoT device is infected with malware so that it can be controlled remotely and then connected to other comprised devices, creating a botnet. There is no limit to the size of a botnet, they co...
The symptoms of a DDoS attack are similar to what you might find on your computer – slow access to website files, inability to access websites, or even problems with your Internet connection. If you find some unexpected website latency issues, you can doubt if the culprit can be DDoS a...
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Even the largest internet companies are vulnerable to DDoS attacks. In 2018, GitHub, a popular code hosting platform, witnessed a massive DDoS attack that sent 1.3 terabytes per second of traffic to their servers. You may also remember the notorious 2016 attack on DYN (a DNS service provider)...
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Ironically, the primary objective of a WordPress DDoS attack is not to compromise the target system with malware or gain unauthorized access. Instead, it aims to disrupt and disorient. Sometimes this is a tactic to divert attention, but sometimes it can just be malicious behavior for its own ...
During a DDoS attack, bandwidth can be very heavily increased on the site server since it will consume all incoming and outgoing bandwidth. If the DDoS attack is being targetted at yoursite’s hostthey will try to control the attack since it would be affecting all customer sites on the spe...