{"id":1815,"date":"2024-11-08T17:37:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T17:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/?p=1815"},"modified":"2024-11-08T17:37:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T17:37:25","slug":"understanding-ddos-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/understanding-ddos-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding DDoS Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RpOy7yFwC2c\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/learning\/ddos\/what-is-a-ddos-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DDoS attacks<\/a> are simply distributed denial of service attacks whereby unscrupulous cybercriminals try to overwhelm a website with bogus traffic from multiple sources. At first, they primarily attacked important resources, but recently they\u2019ve expanded their nefarious attacks on nearly everyone.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/understanding-ddos-attacks\/#Who_are_their_targets\" >Who are their targets?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/understanding-ddos-attacks\/#Some_alarming_facts\" >Some alarming facts:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/understanding-ddos-attacks\/#The_evil_known_as_malicious_botnets\" >The evil known as malicious botnets<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/understanding-ddos-attacks\/#DDoS_attacks_can_overwhelm_their_targets\" >DDoS attacks can overwhelm their targets<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/understanding-ddos-attacks\/#The_DDoS_marketplace\" >The DDoS marketplace<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/understanding-ddos-attacks\/#Different_types_of_DDoS_attacks\" >Different types of DDoS attacks<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/understanding-ddos-attacks\/#BROUGHT_TO_YOU_BY_PROLIMEHOST\" >BROUGHT TO YOU BY PROLIMEHOST<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/understanding-ddos-attacks\/#VPS_SERVICES_LIGHTNING_FAST_SSD_VIRTUAL_SERVERS\" >VPS SERVICES: LIGHTNING FAST SSD VIRTUAL SERVERS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/understanding-ddos-attacks\/#DEDICATED_SERVERS_BACKED_BY_A_999_SLA_NETWORK_UPTIME_GUARANTEE\" >DEDICATED SERVERS: BACKED BY A 99.9% SLA NETWORK UPTIME GUARANTEE<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/understanding-ddos-attacks\/#ASIA_OPTIMIZED_SERVERS_IMPROVING_CONNECTION_SPEED_AND_QUALITY\" >ASIA OPTIMIZED SERVERS: IMPROVING CONNECTION SPEED AND QUALITY<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_are_their_targets\"><\/span>Who are their targets?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>They\u2019re currently targeting banking institutions, public libraries, news organizations, web hosting providers, auto repair shops, travel agencies, pet stores, hair salons and you name it \u2013 no one is safe from these low life Internet thugs.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Some_alarming_facts\"><\/span>Some alarming facts:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s not expensive to purchase the ability to launch DDoS attacks on the black market. For as little as $150, these thugs can acquire an attack that lasts for an entire week. What would that mean to your online business? Without protection of any kind, this would certainly affect your operations to some extent, either in terms of reduced traffic, shopping cart abandonment or higher bounce rates.<\/li>\n<li>Thousands of attacks occur each and every day, with many of them becoming more sophisticated and complex. Just because a service states that they protect from DDoS attacks up to 20 Gbps, that alone is no guarantee that you\u2019re protected. In fact, one leading web hosting provider contends that even 100 Gbps protection is no longer sufficient.<\/li>\n<li>Downtime can be difficult to troubleshoot at times, but it\u2019s estimated that one-third of all downtime incidents are caused by DDoS attacks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_evil_known_as_malicious_botnets\"><\/span>The evil known as malicious botnets<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>These cybercriminals construct networks of infected computers and smartphones, known as botnets. Though these networks, these underbelly low-life&#8217;s of the Internet spread malicious software via infected websites, emails and social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Once infected, control is administered remotely, clouded in stealth without the owner\u2019s knowledge. The larger the network, the more damage can be dealt out against their targets.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"DDoS_attacks_can_overwhelm_their_targets\"><\/span>DDoS attacks can overwhelm their targets<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>How do DDoS attack overwhelm their targets? They do this by generating tremendous floods of traffic, at a rate that servers simply cannot handle. At times, these attacks are so large that they can overwhelm a country\u2019s international cable capacity.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_DDoS_marketplace\"><\/span>The DDoS marketplace<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>What\u2019s so frustrating is that it\u2019s so simple to buy and sell these botnets on the black market. It\u2019s essentially a sleazy underground market for silencing anyone you have a disagreement with or even your competitor. It\u2019s widely known in gaming circles that you had better have DDoS protection if you\u2019re running any type of gaming services.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Different_types_of_DDoS_attacks\"><\/span>Different types of DDoS attacks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>DDoS attacks are generated and distributed in a myriad of forms, from Layer 7 attacks to Teardrops to Pings of Death to Layer 83 attacks. OK, there\u2019s no such thing as a Layer 83 attack, but you get the picture. If there was a Layer 83, cybercriminals would find some way to attack it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TCP connection attacks are designed to overwhelm all available connections to things like firewalls, load-balancers and application servers, whereas volumetric attacks attempt to consume all available bandwidth. The end result \u2013 network congestion.<\/li>\n<li>In an effort to severely reduce network performance, a DDoS attack may consist of flooding TCP or UDP fragments, which in turn would overwhelm a network\u2019s ability to reassemble the streams.<\/li>\n<li>If these cybercriminals wanted to disrupt a specific aspect of a service or an application, it\u2019s possible to generate an attack utilizing a low traffic rate, making the attack much more difficult to identify and mitigate.<\/li>\n<li>DNS Reflection is used quite often, as it forges a victim\u2019s IP address, making it possible to amplify the attack by over 70 times in size.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/08\/unnamed-e1408122780935.jpg\" alt=\"ProlimeHost\" width=\"400\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/08\/unnamed-e1408122780935.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/08\/unnamed-e1408122780935-300x60.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"BROUGHT_TO_YOU_BY_PROLIMEHOST\"><\/span>BROUGHT TO YOU BY PROLIMEHOST<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>We\u2019ve been in the web hosting industry for over a decade, helping hundreds of clients succeed in what they do best and that\u2019s running their business. 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