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DDoS Attack (Distributed denial of service attack) || Explained

DDoS Attack (Distributed denial of service attack) || Explained In Distributed Denial of Service attack Attacker uses its botnet. Botnet means devices that are controlled by attacker for such attacks. Botnet is also known as Zombie Army or Hacker Army. Hacker uses its botnet and send requests to single server or websites at a time. It is little bit different from DoS Attack. At a same time server cannot handle too many request so it stops functioning or if attacker targets a website by increasing traffic on it so that website would become unavailable to other users.

DoS (Denial of Service) Attack || Explained

DoS (Denial of Service) Attack || Explained DoS attack: In DoS attack attacker send thousands of requests to server at a time to slow down the server and to make website or any other service unavailable to others. Attacker will not get any kind of benefit. These attacks are done by individuals on websites that sale products online. DoS Attack is easy to do and difficult to detect attacker. These attacks are mainly done by Anonymous and other Hacktivists.