What Is a DDoS Attack?

Asaf Yigal's article from October 29, 2018, provides a comprehensive overview of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, illustrating how they differ from traditional Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing a network of computers to overwhelm a target with requests. The article discusses various attack vectors and types, including exploit-based, traditional flooding, amplified-flooding, and resource-consumption DoS attacks, while referencing notable cases like the 2010 Anonymous attacks on the Church of Scientology. It highlights the evolution of malware and attack strategies, such as using zero-day exploits and botnets on IoT devices, and emphasizes the challenges in detecting these threats due to their complexity and the often undetected nature of the malware involved. The piece concludes with a call to action, suggesting the use of monitoring tools like Logz.io to detect network anomalies, and hints at further coverage on mitigation strategies in subsequent articles.

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