Question

Critical Thinking 5-1: DoS Attacks Denial of service (DoS) attacks can cripple an organization that relies heavily on its web application servers, such as online retailers. What are some of the most widely publicized DoS attacks that have occurred recently (within the last two years)

Answer 1

Explanation:

The DDoS attacks occur when a bad actor bombards an online network or service with very large amounts of traffic in an effort to overwhelm the network and then disrupting the services from their full operation.

Some of the most widely publicized DoS attacks that have occurred recently include:

1. The AWS (Amazon Web Services) DDoS Attack occurred in February 2020.
2. The GitHub DDoS attack which occurred in February 2018.
3. The Dyn DDoS attack which occurred in October 2016.