DOS attack and DDoS attack: are they the same thing?

Attacks on computer systems and networks have become a common occurrence in the modern world. According to Infosecurity Magazine, a journal on information security, the number of attacks in 2022 increased by 74% annually. The most vulnerable sectors were: fintech industry, telecommunications, and e-commerce.

The two most common types of attacks are DoS and DDoS, aimed at overloading a system and causing it to fail. The main difference between DOS and DDoS attacks is that a DOS attack is launched from a single computer or a few computers within the same network, while a DDoS attack uses a group of computers located in different places.

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