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Is your company at risk of a Denial of Service (DoS) attack? If so, which areas are particularly vulnerable? Think it’s a crazy question? Think again. In 2020, 16 DDoS attacks take place every minute. DoS attacks require fewer resources, and so pose an even greater threat.
In this post, we’ll discuss what a DoS attack is and how it differs from a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. We’ll then look at one of the latest techniques bad actors use to maximize the impact of their actions.
What is a DoS Attack?
A DoS attack is pretty much what it sounds like. The bad actors render a device or computer unavailable to authorized users. This is accomplished by interrupting the normal functioning of the item.
DoS attacks will flood the target device with requests so that…
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Posted by: Maja Talevska |
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April 06, 2020 at 09:08PM
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