You keep hearing about DDoS attacks in the news, but do you know what these types of attacks are all about? DDoS stands for distributed denial-of-service, a type of attack where multiple compromised systems target a single system, flooding the target’s bandwidth and overwhelming its resources. Cybercriminals often use DDoS attacks to take websites, web severs, and online services offline.

Imperva, a leading provider of data and application security solutions, recently published an infographic that presents lots of useful information about DDoS attacks – how they’re executed, who the victims are, who the bad guys are, and so on. Check it out below! If you think it’s TL;DR, jump to the bottom, where I’ve embedded a video that quickly goes over the main things you need to know about DDoS attacks. Enjoy!



Via Imperva’s Incapsula Blog.


TL;DR? Watch this video!

In the video embedded below, Techquickie host Linus Sebastian explains how DDoS attacks work.