DDoS attacks need to control a network consisting of online systems so they can bombard a
target with consecutive hits. To do this, IoT devices and computers get corrupted by a malware
which grants total system control to them.
Once a sucient number of devices come under its control, the cybercriminals can “order” the
machines with a set of instructions through remote access. After the target is finalized, its IP system
is noted and provided to all the controlled systems. Each of these systems then directs requests to
the target. After the computation limit of the target runs out, a targeted network or server is unable
to p ...
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