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DDoS Attacks

A DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack overwhelms a server with excessive traffic to make it unavailable.

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What is a DDoS attack?

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A cyberattack where multiple systems flood a server with excessive traffic, causing service disruption.

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How can organizations prevent DDoS attacks?

Using rate limiting, firewalls, and DDoS mitigation services like Cloudflare or AWS Shield.

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What are common types of DDoS attacks?

Volumetric, Protocol, and Application-layer attacks.