Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
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Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
a cyber attack on a specific service or network
Botnet
an army of infected computers to do a DDoS attack
DoS attack
an attack from one source
How do attackers get other computers to get involved in a DDoS attack?
by using malicious software and distributing it over the internet
What is the intended purpose of a DDoS attack?
disrupting normal operations
How does a DDoS attack work?
floods the target with a constant flood of traffic
