What is a DDoS attack and how to protect yourself
A DDoS attack aims to saturate the resources of a server or network to make it unreachable. Learn how they work and the best mitigation practices.
DDoS attacks (Distributed Denial of Service) are one of the most common threats in cybersecurity. Their goal is to saturate servers, networks or applications by sending enormous amounts of malicious traffic until the service stops working correctly.
How a DDoS attack works
Thousands of compromised devices send malicious traffic toward the same server to saturate it and take a website offline.
A website can run normally until multiple machines distributed around the world begin sending massive requests, causing server errors. Cybersecurity teams monitor these attacks from Security Operations Centers (SOCs) and apply measures to mitigate the impact.
Conclusion
DDoS attacks are a significant threat to companies that depend on digital services. By saturating servers with malicious traffic, these attacks can cause outages on websites, applications and online platforms.
Understanding how these attacks work and having the right protective measures lets organizations reduce risk and keep their services available against this kind of threat.