What are DDOS attacks?

 

In the recent period, many sites and major companies have been hacked throughout the world, the most recent of which was Uber company. Based on some statistics made by security and protection companies, there are approximately 8 DDOS attacks that are carried out on a daily basis, but despite the spread of this term on websites and news Significantly, most computer users do not know what a DDOS attack means, and how you could be the reason for executing this attack. If you are not yet interested in this matter, I advise you from now on that you should pay attention because this technology will prevent you from accessing sites or applications Your favorite by cutting off the Internet connection, so you should know some information about DDOS attacks through today's topic.

 

A DDOS denial-of-service attack is a technique or method used by hackers to cut off the internet connection from some websites, services, or applications. When the connection is cut off, the work of this site stops for the period of the site. Hackers use that time for many things, such as the possibility of accessing greater powers on the website. Or in the company that is exposed to this attack, and sometimes also the aim of this attack is to sabotage only and stop the work of this site for a period of time, which exposes them to a lot of material losses that can reach millions of dollars. Now we will look at understanding what the term DDOS attack means.

 

A DDOS attack is an abbreviation for the word Distributed Denial of Service Attack, and this means that a specific server is attacked by a large group of devices, and because of this large number, this server fails to provide service to each device, and thus the server is stopped for a period of time to complete old requests. Those previous lines are incomprehensible to many people, so I will advise you to focus on the next simple lines, and surely the matter will become clear to you, God willing.

 

We will assume that you own a computer store, the area of ​​​​this store can accommodate only 100 people inside the store, and if any additional person comes, he will not be able to enter, and you will need to close the store for some time in order to help the 100 people who are already inside the store. In the world of the Internet, you represent the large company or the site targeted by the hacker, and the computer store is the company's server and is responsible for providing services and displaying the site to users. More people than the store can bear. You close the store for a while. This is what actually happens, as the hacker sends a large number of requests through many devices connected to the Internet at the same time, targeting a specific server. When this server receives more than it can bear, it stops providing the service for a period of time automatically, and this is how the hacker got what he wanted.

 

Now you may be wondering how a hacker can get so many devices connected to the Internet to be enough to stop a large server for a company. The answer simply depends on two methods. The first is through some tools and scripts that he uses to carry out such an attack. The second method depends on you! ! Indeed, do not be surprised that it depends on you and your devices connected to the Internet, and this is by having your computer infected with a virus called Botnet, which does not cause any activity if it is present on your device, but the problem is that this virus can infect any device connected to the Internet, such as Printers, phones, surveillance cameras, and the greater the number of infected devices, the stronger and fiercer the DDOS attack.