What is the difference between a DDoS attack and a DoS attack?

In a DoS attack, malicious connection requests are sent from just one compromised device, but in a DDoS attack, malicious traffic is sent from multiple compromised devices. All DDoS attacks have a single goal - to overload online resources to the point of being unresponsive. There are three primary categories of DDoS attacks: 1.

What causes a DDoS attack?

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. Many types of threat actors, ranging from individual criminal hackers to organized crime rings and government agencies, carry out DDoS attacks.

What happens during a DDoS attack?

During a DDoS attack, threat actors direct a high volume of traffic against the victim website, API, or other internet exposed service, Kiner explained. The typical goal is to degrade the performance of the victim’s application or service to the point where it is inaccessible to legitimate users, he said.