A Ping of Death (PoD) is a DoS attack caused by an attacker sending oversized or malformed packets using a PING command to a targeted computer or service. A PING operates by sending ICMP echo request packets to the host and waiting for an Internet … [Read more...] about What is a Ping of Death?
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What is a DoS Attack?
A DoS attack (denial-of-service) is a deliberate targeting of your computer and its network connection, or the computers and network of the sites you are trying to access, effectively denying you service. This can take down websites, email, online … [Read more...] about What is a DoS Attack?
What is a DDoS Attack?
A DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack is when someone uses multiple computers to perform a denial-of-service attack (DoS). Both DoS and DDoS attacks work by overwhelming the target or its infrastructure with a large volume or “flood” of … [Read more...] about What is a DDoS Attack?