Tag: DDoS mitigation
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Cyber security Attacks: DDOS
A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt the normal traffic of a targeted server, service, or network by overwhelming it with a flood of internet traffic. These attacks are orchestrated using a network of compromised devices, known as a botnet, which collectively send vast amounts of requests to the…
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WAF : Infra security POV
A Web Application Firewall (WAF) serves as a critical security layer within infrastructure security frameworks, designed to protect web applications and APIs from a plethora of cyber threats. It operates at the application layer (Layer 7 of the OSI model) to analyze HTTP/HTTPS traffic, filtering malicious requests before they reach the server. In an era…