{"id":1277,"date":"2015-08-11T01:31:26","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T17:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.bankvaultonline.com\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2015-08-11T01:31:26","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T17:31:26","slug":"definition-ddos-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bankvault.com\/definition-ddos-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Definition of the Day: DDoS Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <strong>DDoS attack<\/strong> is the shortened form of a <strong>Distributed Denial of Service<\/strong> attack. Also known as a Distributed Network Attack, DDoS attacks exploit the physical limitations of a website\u2019s server architecture such that the website doesn\u2019t function and\/or is totally inaccessible and broken.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the oldest and simplest forms of web attacks. The premise is simple \u2013 a server and its bandwidth connection can only handle so many unique requests per second. A DDoS attack is a malware-driven scenario where the malware lodges multiple, simultaneous, 100s of millions of attacks on a single server at once \u2013 usually shutting it down. Then, a hacker may demand a ransom reward to leave the site alone. Or, the goal may have been to undercut the website\u2019s credibility and service to help its competition.<\/p>\n<p>Any internet-based business providing services to its customers in real time is liable to DDoS attacks, particularly online shopping and casino websites.<\/p>\n<p>DDoS attacks are often perpetrated by what are known as \u2018zombie-networks.\u2019 In this scenario the DDoS attack is lodged by a wide network of infected machines \u2013 all of whom are \u2018awakened\u2019 at the same time and start firing server requests to the targeted website.<\/p>\n<p>DDoS attacks are also often used to provide cover to a deeper attack. In case a US financial services company was alerted to a DDoS attack on its public-facing website. As the company focused its attention on that problem, cyber thieves, having already broken into their networks, accessed the company\u2019s online bank accounts and drained them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A DDoS attack is the shortened form of a Distributed Denial of Service attack. Also known as a Distributed Network Attack, DDoS attacks exploit the physical limitations of a website\u2019s server architecture such that the website doesn\u2019t function and\/or is totally inaccessible and broken. 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