DDoS attack What is DDoS attack? DDoS is short for D istributed D enial o f S ervice. DDoS is a type of DOS attack where multiple compromised systems, which are often infected with a Trojan , are used to target a single system causing a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. Victims of a DDoS attack consist of both the end targeted system and all systems maliciously used and controlled by the hacker in the distributed attac k. The different between DoS & DDoS? The difference between a DoS and DDoS attack is quite simple. A DoS attack usually targets a victim at the application layer, with the same intentions of rendering a website unusable. A DoS attack is accomplished by a single user using a single internet connection. How the attack works? In a DDoS attack, the incoming traffic flooding the victim originates from many different sources – potentially hundr...