Volumetric attacks
Volumetric attacks are more sophisticated than their predecessor, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. They can be used to target an internet connection and cause widespread damage. This makes them hard to anticipate & prevent with traditional tools
Volumetric Attacks are a type of DDoS attack that doesn’t attempt to affect any data or servers, but instead targets the bandwidth of an individual Internet provider. They’re different to regular DDoS attacks which usually target specific content. This may be the case and it is something to look out for.
SYN flood attacks
SYN flood attacks are an older means of denial-of-service (DOS) in which work by saturating the victim’s connection table with open TCP connections using SYN packets. This will make victims unable to access the service or forced to. This frustrating experience can deter people from using a service when they realize how much time they wasted before.
NTP amplification attacks
NTP Amplification Attacks are a type of denial-of-service attack that exploits how the Network Time Protocol handles replication. The Network Time Protocol may have been built to synchronize computer clocks on the internet, but it also has a feature that enables attackers to use it as a means of making a disproportionate number of UDP packets flood specific targets. Malicious attacks such as denial-of-service and the exploitation of other vulnerabilities on poorly configured systems may be prevalent.
To achieve an amplification / reflection attack, the attacker sets up a host to respond to spoofed IP addresses. However in this case the magnitude of response coming from the server is much higher than it should be. The reason for that is that. It’s imperative to never take this type of risk, as you can be so easily devastated. It doesn’t take much for an attack like this to work – so try not to risk it by taking chances.
HTTP Flood attacks
HTTP Floods are a form of DDoS attack. They target the victim’s web server, but can also affect other services on the same machine or network. One of the most popular ways to take down an HTTP server is by overloading it with requests for high-bandwidth content. If you send conflicting requests to an HTTP server, you can overload and even temporarily take it down. One of the many uses for virtualization is to produce a ‘sandboxed’ environment. This allows you to run any process without installing it on your system and can even be configured such that the sandbox will close if an unexpected error occurs
UDP flood attacks
A UDP flood is a type of Denial of Service attack. This type of attack will either overload a network connection, which causes delays for legit users, or overfill the server with requests so it can’t respond to any requests. A UDP flood is most effective when it targets an IP address that does not communicate using TCP. By abusing certain technologies, attackers are able to target victim computers by sending spam. One example would be the SpamHaus attacks of 2013.
Advanced Persistent DoS (APDoS)
Denial-of-service attacks, such as those known as APDoS, are hard to defend against because they involve many simultaneous requests for resources. This is what you’ll find with a DoS and involves sending many requests to a certain target system before it overloads and crashes. The intent of the attack is clear: overload and crash the system. If unchecked, it will lead to total system failure and shutdown.
A web attack can come in many different forms, including HTTP flooding, SYN flooding, etc. It sends out millions of requests per second which include a variety of these different types of attacks. The downside to APDoS attacks is that because hackers can continuously change their tactics, it can be difficult to keep up. Diverting security resources with other attacks only makes the problem worse.
Smurf Attacks
Smurf attacks make one of the most devastating and frightening types of DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks. Here’s how they work: an attacker spoofs the IP address of a victim and sends out a bunch of ping requests to another device, which in response will broadcast replies to all those requests. One way of debilitating a system is to send it a high volume of requests, which will overload its operating resources. This type of attack can be executed through packets from the ICMP protocol. This is typically achieved using the ping command, which is mainly used to test whether a computer can connect to another device.
Slowloris attacks
One of the most insecure types of attack a server can face is a Denial-of-Service attack, which usually includes sending a stream of HTTP requests. These requests will have one connection open per request & they’ll try to hold. An attacker might use this type of attack in an attempt to overload a server and take it offline. To optimize your security, you should work to protect against this attack by making sure that you monitor your traffic and keep it at an orderly pace.
ICMP (ping) Flood Attacks
The ICMP (ping) Flood Attack is a type of denial-of-service attack that sends a large number of packets to the target in an attempt to oThe ICMP Flood Attack causes major problems on your computer by spamming it with huge amounts of data. It overloads the system and tries to shut it down by continuing to send these packets until they can’t move anymore. Network devices are especially susceptible to DDoS attacks, which can be carried out with just a few computers. A large amount of packets will be sent to the target over a short period of time to overwhelm it.
Ping of Death
The Ping of Death was a 1995 Internet attack that exploited the overflow bug in the TCP/IP protocol’s implementation of the Internet Control In 1995, a computer exploit called the Ping of Death was used to crash servers. It exploited a certain software bug in a TCP/IP protocol. The attack first came to public light in 1996 and relied on exploiting ICMP echo-requests. Vern Paxson and Martin Schmucker developed it as the first protocol of its kind.
