Denial-of-service attacks (DoS) are a common way for hackers to take down websites, but they can also be used more subtly to gain access to networks or steal information.
Statistics revealed that in 2020, the number of attacks will increase by 60% and is likely to result from an increasing number of hackers and an increasingly connected cyber environment.
In this article, we’ll look at what is DoS, how they work, and how you can protect yourself against them.
What is a DoS Attack
A denial of service attack (DoS attack) is a type of cyberattack where the attacker tries to make a machine or network unavailable to its intended users. There are many ways to launch a DoS attack, but one common way is to flood the target with traffic from multiple sources so that it can’t handle all the requests and becomes unavailable.
