As part of life and work, we need to be updated on different topics and issues that can affect us directly or indirectly. Some of those issues include gun control laws, gluten intolerance, cryptocurrency, YouTube influencers, and DDoS attacks.
The most common and that can threaten the safety of our personal information are the cyber attacks.
What is DDoS?
DDoS stands for distributed denial of service. This is a type of cyberattack that seeks to take a website offline or make it so slow. So that visitors stop trying to use it.
Accomplishing this by overwhelming the website with malicious traffic. This malicious traffic comes from what’s called a botnet. This is a network of devices that attackers have infected with malware to control the device from afar. Therefore, causing a webpage to slow down, making it difficult to upload.
DDoS attacks are tremendously effective at doing damage to a website or business. Even if an attack is not powerful enough to damage hardware or software, a successful DDoS attack causes frustration in users. Because of this frustration, a lot of users can drop one webpage for another one.