FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -In 2022, there was an average of 4 large-volume attacks per month, an 81% increase from 2021. All attacks in 2021 were lower than 1 million RPS. However, the average for large-volume DDoS attacks in 2022 was 1.45 million RPS, and the largest attack detected in the past year reached 10 million RPS.

Detailed explanation-2: -The target can be a server, website or other network resource. The flood of incoming messages, connection requests or malformed packets to the target system forces it to slow down or even crash and shut down, thereby denying service to legitimate users or systems.

Detailed explanation-3: -DDoS stands for distributed denial-of-service. These malicious attacks seek to overwhelm a single server by launching attacks from multiple compromised computers, servers, and other devices. These invaders, called bots or zombies, are controlled by a single source, referred to as the attacker.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most common type of application layer attacks are the HTTP flood attacks in which malicious actors just keep sending various HTTP requests to a server using different IP addresses.