Video: What are DDoS Attacks?

To launch a DDoS attack hackers need to recruit an army of bots.

An average duration of a DDoS attack is 4 hours.

Launching a DDoS attack is difficult.

A coordinated, well-timed distributed attack of infected machines is known as a DDoS attack.

A botnet consists of thousands of bots.

To launch an attack, bots send a command to the botnets Command & Control server.

Some users tricked into running malware will unintentionally turn their computer into a bot.

Malware can spread via compromised websites, email attachments or through an organization's network.