The Hidden Tactics Cybercriminals Use in DDoS Attacks—and How You Can Outsmart Them Before It’s Too Late
Types of DDoS attacks
There are three broad types of DDoS attacks that each target different parts of a website’s infrastructure:
- Volumetric attacks: This is the most common type. It aims to consume all available bandwidth by flooding the network with massive amounts of traffic.
- Application layer attacks: A type of attack that overwhelms your website’s server and network with repeated HTTP or database requests.
- Protocol attacks: Also called state-exhaustion attacks, they target network equipment and infrastructure like load balancers and firewalls.
Attackers may also combine several types to make fighting off the attack more difficult.
