Showing posts with label ddos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ddos. Show all posts
Thursday, March 23, 2017
What is a DDoS Attack
What is a DDoS Attack
A DDoS attack is designed to compromise the integrity of a website, allowing hackers to gain access to sensitive material such as banking, financial, and personal information. DDoS attacks are orchestrated by hackers who rely on vast networks of computer botnets which simultaneously attack a website. These attacks are hard to identify simply because of the sheer volume of information that passes through a website on any given day. Botnets mingle in with those information streams and keep attacking the website until they make a breach in its defenses. Most times a DDoS attack is not even recognized until it is too late to stop it. Often, the first sign of a DDoS attack is a slowdown in website speed and functionality, and by then the damage will already have been done. DDoS attacks are a serious problem that can cost companies millions of dollars and devastate a business? customer base. However, with the help of a professional DDoS protection company, it is possible to guard your online business from such vicious attacks.
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Friday, November 11, 2016
What Is the Purpose of a DDoS Attack
What Is the Purpose of a DDoS Attack
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are usually done by individuals calling themselves ?hacktivists.? Their purpose is to crash a website server by overwhelming it with activity by ?bots? and is generally an aim with a political purpose. These attacks can take up 111gbps to 179gbps, and in April of 2013, took 144 million packets-per-second. If the ?hacktivists? are against a company?s stance on a specific issue or multiple issues, the ?hacktivist? will attack in an attempt to show opposition and illustrate the company?s weakness. A ?hacktivist? may also attack a company, such as a bank or finance company, which they believe makes money off of the downtrodden of society. Some hackers have used DDoS attacks for extortion in an attempt to make companies pay a designated amount before their servers can go back online. A DDoS attack can even be carried out by hackers who deem the company in competition with another company the hacker supports. It is also beginning to look like DDoS attacks are being used in fraud techniques and many alerts have been issued to companies to be aware of these possible attacks.
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