What Is a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack?

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a type of cyberattack in which multiple compromised systems are used to target a single system, usually with the goal of overwhelming its resources and making it unavailable to its users. DDoS attacks can be launched from anywhere in the world using any type of device that can be […]

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