There are a lot of different types of attacks that a hacker can do on your network. All of them can be devastating depending on what the hacker would like to do with that information and how they would like to use it. Figuring out how to keep the hacker out is important, but you should also consider the types of attacks that they would use as well. One of the types of attacks that you need to worry about is a distributed denial of service attack.
This type of attack, which often goes by the name of DDoS, is going to compromise the availability of the computer. This attack is one that a cybercriminal will use in order to crash a website because it triggers traffic from millions of botnets and there is no way for the system to keep up along the way. Here are some of the steps that will happen when a DDoS attack happens:
# The hacker is going to form their own zombie network, which is going to include some remotely controlled hacked computers. These are called botnets.
# The hacker is going to use the zombie network to help flood a targeted website or an internet server with traffic, which is going to render it inoperable. It will often bring up an error message and you will not be able to get on.
# Once the server or the website crashes, both the online visitors, as well as the administrators of the website, will not be able to get on and access it at all.
At a minimum, this type of attack is going to make the website run into some performance issues and it may no longer load. This can be enough to impact the revenue for a business. But in some cases, these attacks can hold the website hostage so that the hacker is able to get paid to let it go. It can even be a good smoke screen for some of the other malicious activities the hacker would like to do.
If you are worried about a DDoS attack and how it can slow down your business and make your website crash, then you need to look into some of the cybersecurity services that are available for you. We are proud to offer a wide variety of these services to ensure that you can keep your system safe and that a hacker is not able to slow down your business or take valuable information. When you are ready to learn more about the cybersecurity services we offer, contact us to set up an appointment.
