What is a DDoS Attack?

DDoS stands for distributed denial of service but is often referred to as a simple denial of service. A DDoS attack consists of a website being flooded by requests during a short period of time, with the aim of overwhelming the site and causing it to crash. The ‘distributed’ element means that these attacks are coming from multiple locations at the same time, as compared to a DoS which comes from just one location.

A DDoS attack isn’t the same thing as hacking, although the two can be inter linked,the attckers aren’t attempting to access your website’s files or admin, but instead, they cause it to crash or become vulnerable due to the volume of requests.

Effects of a DDoS Attack?

1. The website becomes unavailable to someone who is genuinely attempting to access the site.

2. A DDoS attack could make your site more vulnerable to hacking as all of your systems are focused on getting the site back online, and security systems may have been put out of action by the attack.Attackers might then find it easier to make their way onto your site via a back door once the DDoS attack has succeeded in making your site down.

3. Money and Time are wasted.

Summary:

DDoS attacks are becoming more common now a days and it is looked upon as the golden key for all newbie hackers who use some tools to perform this attack , Easy right ! It’s impossible to completely protect yourself from DDoS attacks as there isn’t much control you have over the traffic coming to your site.