Question

what is the purpose of DDos attack on someone's website or app ? ​

Answer 1

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Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is a non-intrusive internet attack made to take down the targeted website or slow it down by flooding the network, server or application with fake traffic. When against a vulnerable resource-intensive endpoint, even a tiny amount of traffic is enough for the attack to succeed.

Some Information:-

• The DDoS attack will test the limits of a web server, network, and application resources by sending spikes of fake traffic.
• Some attacks are just short bursts of malicious requests on vulnerable endpoints such as search functions.
• DDoS attacks use an army of zombie devices called a botnet. These botnets generally consist of compromised IoT devices, websites, and computers.

A successful DDoS attack can prevent users from accessing a website or slow it down enough to increase bounce rate, resulting in financial losses and performance issues.

The main goal of an attacker that is leveraging a Denial of Service (DoS) attack method is to disrupt a website availability :-

$\bigstar$ The website can become slow to respond to legitimate requests.

$\bigstar$ The website can be disabled entirely, making it impossible for legitimate users to access it.

$\bigstar$ Any type of disruption, depending on your configuration, can be devastating to your business.