DDOS stands for "Distributed Denial of Service" A DDOS attack is carried out by a network of machines, hence the notion of distributed attacks These machines have been corrupted beforehand by cybercriminals through the spread of malware. This network of infected machines is also called botnet. The cybercriminal will execute a DDOS attack by ordering the botnet to saturate the service with many requests until it becomes unavailable, It is the concept of denial of service. DDOS can be on a specified service, it can also be a network link, an infrastructure, a website, an application, etc... It is noted that with the rise of the IoT or Internet of Things DDOS attacks gain in intensity since cybercriminals enroll unsecured IoT equipment in botnets. Denial of service will prevent real users of the service from using it. Another variant is DDOS attacks based on reflection and amplification, In this case, the cybercriminals will use machines accessible on the internet and there...
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