DoS & DDoS Attack
This type of cyberattack attempts to make a service unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic from a single source.
What is a Denial of Service (DoS) attack?
Single-source outage attack
What is DoS?
Unlike a DoS attack, this attack uses multiple compromised devices to flood a target simultaneously.
What is a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack?
Multi-device outage attack
What is DDoS?
A network of infected devices controlled by an attacker and often used to launch DDoS attacks.
What is a botnet?
DDoS “D” stands for?
What is Distributed?
This DDoS technique exploits publicly accessible servers to amplify traffic sent to the victim.
What is a reflection/amplification attack?
CIA triad property affected?
What is Availability?
This DDoS technique exploits publicly accessible servers to amplify traffic sent to the victim.
What is a reflection/amplification attack?