A Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack aims to make an application or website inaccessible by overwhelming it with excessive data, causing its network to overload.
A DoS attack originates from a single source.
Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks originate from multiple sources, unlike DoS attacks.
Similar to DoS, DDoS aims to make an application or website inaccessible.
The attack may involve multiple attackers or a single attacker using bots—infected computers that automatically overwhelm the target with excessive traffic.
AWS offers AWS Shield to help mitigate the impact of DoS and DDoS attacks on your application or website. |