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By commanding thousands of "zombie" devices to ping a single target simultaneously, the attacker creates a traffic spike that is nearly impossible to block via simple IP filtering. Furthermore, the use of —such as spoofing a target's IP to request data from DNS or NTP servers—allows an attacker to turn a small amount of outgoing traffic into a massive "tidal wave" of data hitting the victim. 3. Motivations and Impact

Cybercriminals often threaten to "take down" a company's website during peak hours (like Black Friday for a retailer) unless a ransom is paid in cryptocurrency. Denial_of_Service.rar

The motives behind launching a DoS attack vary as widely as the targets themselves. By commanding thousands of "zombie" devices to ping