Every day, people spend a considerable amount of time on the internet, whether they’re surfing the web for personal interest or using the internet to run their companies, or businesses, this makes it easy to be a target for malicious attacks. This article will help you identify when you’re under a DDoS attack and share some helpful methods to use in mitigating an attack from happening.
What is a DDoS Attack?
A Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt the traffic of a targeted server, service, or network by overpowering the target with a flood of internet traffic. An attacker can interfere with a target server or network by causing a lot of traffic or congestion and deplete the bandwidth and resources, which leads to a complete outage or abnormal behavior. A DDoS attacker uses other people's devices by spoofing and reflection, making the source of the attack difficult to find.
Multiple systems are combined to attack one system, and that is why it is called a Distributed Denial of Service.
To carry out a DDoS attack, the attacker will have control over online machines and IoT devices (Internet of Things) such as sensors, gadgets, etc. These machines and devices are infected with malware and turned into a Bot. This group of Bots are called a BOTNET and are used to carry out multiple attacks that give the attacker control over a network of hijacked computers and devices.
The objective of a DDoS attack is to avert the legitimate use of a website or application by causing chaos and defacement. It can also be a smokescreen to hide other illegal activities.












