denial of service attack

BlueSmack Attack

Bluesmack is a cyber attack done on bluetooth enabled devices. The attack uses L2CAP (Logic Link Control And Adaptation Protocol) layer to transfer an oversized packet to the Bluetooth enabled devices, resulting in the Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

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Fork Bomb Attack

Fork Bomb Attack is a type of denial of service attack which causes the degradation of a system by making it run out of the memory. The attack forks the processes recursively to fill the entire available memory, thus choking system resources. Locating and terminating a Fork Bomb is a tedious process

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UDP Flood Attack

UDP Flood Attack is a type of Denial of Service attack in which a hacker floods the random ports on the victim host with UDP packets. In this attack, the hacker spoofs the IP Address of the packets, to make sure that the returning ICMP packets don’t reach back to the hacker.

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Ping Of Death Attack

Ping of Death (PoD) Attack is a form of DDoS attack, which is used for disrupting the victim network by sending the packets larger then the max size allowed using some arbitrary commands. The attack degrades the targeted system or even freeze the system.

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Smurf Attack

Smurf Attack is a type of DDoS Attack, which floods the system with the spoofed ping messages. The attack has an amplification vector that increases the damage by exploiting the characteristics of the broadcast network. The attack swamps the internet with the replies to ICMP echo requests.

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Distributed Denial Of Service Attack (DDoS)

Distributed Denial Of Service (DDoS) is a form of cyber attack which is done to make target online services unavailable to the users. The attack disrupts the normal traffic of a targeted server, network or service by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure

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Denial Of Service Attack is a form of cyber attack basically used by hackers to prevent the victims from accessing any legitimate service. This hacker floods the web servers with excessive traffic in order to succeed in this attack. The attack does not result in theft or loss of data