DDoS

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt normal traffic of a targeted server, service or network by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of Internet traffic. DDoS attacks achieve effectiveness by utilizing multiple compromised computer systems as sources of attack traffic.

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FAQ

What is a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack?

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is when multiple entities are operating together to attack one target. DDoS attackers often leverage the use of a botnet—a group of hijacked internet-connected devices to carry out large scale attacks. Attackers take advantage of security vulnerabilities to control numerous devices using command and control software

What is a denial of service (DoS) attack?

A DoS (denial of service) attack is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable for its intended users by a single attack entity

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DDoS Attacks and Defenses

In this MOOC, you will learn the history of DDoS attacks and analyze new Mirai IoT Malware and perform source code analysis. you will be provided with a brief overview of DDoS Defense techniques.

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DNS Amplification attack is a type of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, where the attacker floods a website with so many fake DNS lookup requests that it eats up the network bandwidth until the site fails.

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Snort is the foremost Open Source Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) in the world. Snort IPS uses a series of rules that help define malicious network activity and uses those rules to find packets that match against them and generates alerts for users.

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