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The general types of DDoS attacks
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) is a broad class of cyberattack that disrupts online services and resources by overwhelming them with traffic. This renders the targeted online service unusable for the duration of the DDoS attack. The hallmark of DDoS attacks is the distributed nature of the malicious traffic, which typically originates from a botnet—a criminally-controlled network of compromised machines spread around the globe.
Over the years, cybercriminals have developed a number of technical approaches for taking out online targets through DDoS. The individual techniques tend to fall into three general types of DDoS attacks:
Volumetric attacks
The classic type of DDoS, these attacks employ methods to generate massive volumes of traffic to completely saturate bandwidth, creating a traffic jam that makes it…
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July 08, 2020 at 09:10PM
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