Maximum Wireless Security

Denial-of-Service Attacks

Hackers can wreak havoc without ever penetrating your system. For example, a hacker can effectively shut down your computer by flooding you with obnoxious signals or malicious code. This technique is known as a denial-of-service attack.

Hackers execute a denial-of-service attack by using one of two possible methods. The first method is to flood the target computer or hardware device with information so that it becomes overwhelmed. The alternative method is to send a well-crafted command or piece of erroneous data that crashes the target computer device.

SYN Flooding

This first type of DoS attack we will discuss is known as SYN flooding. A SYN attack will tie up a target computer’s resources by making it respond to ...