COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY
WHAT IS A HACKER
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make use of multiple systems to target a single system by making consecutive requests on a website.
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attaches itself onto a website and denies all requests on the website.
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execute malicious statements to retrieve data from a database in the website, attacking the web application.
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completely deny you to use a certain file or application, only running itself when you execute it.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rather, a DDoS attack aims to make your website and servers unavailable to legitimate users. DDoS can also be used as a smokescreen for other malicious activities and to take down security appliances, breaching the target’s security perimeter.
Detailed explanation-2: -What is a distributed denial of service attack and how is it possible for a single person to orchestrate one? Malicious users leverage the power of many machines to direct traffic against a single web site in an attempt to create denial of service conditions.
Detailed explanation-3: -DDoS attacks achieve effectiveness by utilizing multiple compromised computer systems as sources of attack traffic. Exploited machines can include computers and other networked resources such as IoT devices.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some common examples of DDoS attacks are UDP flooding, SYN flooding and DNS amplification.