DDoS Attacks: Why Are They Dangerous And How To Prevent Them

Only a few years have passed since the world witnessed the largest cyber-attack ever. This attack that used a new kind of tool called Mirai botnet took a large part of the Internet down to create a large-scale disruption across the world. It was 21st October 2016, to be precise, when the DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack took place. Dyn, the main company that controls the Internet’s...