👉 Denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, often referred to as denial computing, involve overwhelming a target system, network, or service with a flood of internet traffic or requests, rendering it inaccessible to legitimate users. This can be achieved through various methods, such as flooding the target with traffic from multiple sources (DDoS), exploiting vulnerabilities to consume excessive resources, or using malware to hog bandwidth and processing power. The primary goal is to disrupt the availability of services, causing downtime and potentially leading to significant financial and reputational damage. Advanced forms of denial computing, like Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, leverage botnets—networks of compromised devices—to amplify the attack's impact, making it more challenging to mitigate and defend against.
