Internet Security Risks
What is a denial of service attack?
p. 587
Next
Click to view Web Link,
click Chapter 11, Click Web Link
from left navigation,
then click Emergency Response Team Coordination Center below Chapter 11
Computer Emergency
Response Team Coordination Center (CERT/CC) assists
with DDoS attacks
Hacker uses unsuspecting computer, called zombie, to execute attack on other systems
Distributed DoS (DDoS) attack is more devastating DoS attack in which multiple computers attack multiple networks
Also called DoS attack