Types of DDoS Attacks Infographic

Ganesh The Awesome Senior Pre & Post-Sales Engineer at GlobalDots

14th July, 2016 1 Min read

Websites and applications live outside the data center in the cloud. It’s not easy to protect such perimeters today, but there are intelligent ways to get around these problems. One is to understand the profoundity of these attacks.

DDoS Mitigation & Protection services are a crucial part of any internet business strategy. Since the topic is broad and many of our customers ask very specific questions, we decided to put together this infographic for everyone to learn more about DDoS attacks.

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We hope you’ll enjoy reading – feel free to share it with your colleagues and if you want to know more, or need help, ask our specialists anything you want to know about DDoS Mitigation & Security.

Infographic detailing types of DDoS attacks and the importance of DDoS mitigation and protection services.

Diagram illustrating layers of cloud security and DDoS attack targets.

Information on network layer attacks and their characteristics.

Illustration explaining the SYN flood DDoS attack process.

Infographic explaining DNS Flood attacks and their impact on servers.

Infographic explaining DNS amplification attacks and their mechanism.

Infographic explaining the Ping of Death attack technique.

Diagram explaining the Smurf DDoS attack mechanism and its components.

Diagram illustrating a Nuke attack scenario

Infographic explaining Slow Loris and RUDY DDoS attacks.

Graphic explaining zero-day attacks,highlighting their nature and implications in cybersecurity.

A testimonial graphic featuring Eric Joyea from KalioCommerce discussing his positive experience with GlobalDots

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