Denial of service attack

Hackers and Malware
Vocabulary Term #3476
Noun (thing)
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DoS attack (Denial of service attack)
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a hacking technique where a computer server is rendered inoperable due to a flood of fake traffic
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"Although WAFs (web application firewalls) have come a long way, DoS attacks are still one of the main benefits of running a botnet"
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