By Jacey Fiona
With the IP booter, a DDoS attack happens. It is an attempt that is malicious for disrupting the normal traffic of a server that is targeted, network or service through overwhelming the target or the infrastructure surrounding it with flood of the internet traffic.
The attacks of DDoS are very effective through having to utilize various computer systems that are compromised as a source of the attack traffic. Machines which are targeted might include computers as well as resources which are networked like the IoT devices.
From the high level, the DDoS attack can be compared to a traffic jam that is unexpected clogging the highway, and preventing the regular traffic from having to arrive at its destination.
How the DDoS attack work
They are attacks which are carried out with the connected machines’ internet network. The network does consist of computers as well as other devices like the IoT devices which get infected by malware, making them to allow controlling by the attacker remotely. The individual devices are normally called bots or the zombies with the group of bots known as a botnet.
Once the botnet has been able to get established, the attacker then gets a leeway to direct an attack through sending remote instructions to each of the bot. Whenever a victim network or server is targeted by botnet, the bot is able to send requests to the IP address which is targeted, which then end up potentially causing the network or the server becoming overwhelmed, and it results in denial of service to normal traffic.
Because each bot is an internet device that is legitimate, having to separate the attack traffic from the traffic that is normal can be hard.
Identifying a DDoS attack
One of the main symptoms of the DDoS attack is a service or site which suddenly becomes unavailable or slow. But because several causes, including spikes in traffic which are legitimate can give such issues of performance, it is important that you do some extra investigations. Analytical tools for traffic are normally required to help in spotting some of the signs of a DDoS attack.
- A lot of traffic that is suspicious originates from an IP range or a single IP address
- A lot of traffic from the users who tend to share a single profile of behavior like the device type, web browser version or geolocation.
- A surge in request that is unexplained from a single endpoint or page
- Traffic patterns that are odd like spikes which happen at odd times of the day or patterns
There are other signs of the DDoS attacks which are specific which might vary depending on the type of attack happening.
Common types of DDoS attacks
Various types of DDoS attacks tend to target different network connection components. For you to be able to understand the various DDoS attacks and how they work, it is important to know the making of the network connection. A network connection that is on the internet has several components or layers.
