Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)

Massive DDoS Attack Shuts Down Major Websites; Raises Concern Over IoT Vulnerabilities

DDoS stands for ‘Distributed Denial of Service’ – which is a type of DOS (Denial of Service) attack. During a DDoS attack, the attacker “floods” a targeted network with useless incoming traffic from a great number of sources, effectively overloading the system and making it inaccessible.