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Being security aware is becoming more and more important in the web hosting world. Over the past year, it has been estimated that the damage caused by DDoS and Hackers is costing the global economy approximately $2.5 Trillion a year in losses. In the first quarter of 2013, DDoS attacks grew by over 700%. If you believe you have never been impacted by a DDoS or Hacker attack, you are wrong.\u00a0 You have been impacted by either a DDoS or Hacker Attack, and you probably lost revenue or customers due to the attack.<\/p>\n

Although DDoS are not new and we\u2019ve been hearing about them in the news for years, the types of DDoS attacks are becoming larger and more sophisticated.\u00a0 What is concerning to me is that most individuals and companies who have a web presence don\u2019t even understand what a DDoS attack is or the fact that at some point in the past, their website has been impacted by a DDoS Attack.<\/p>\n

What is a Denial of Service attack (DoS)? A DoS attack is quite simple. The attacker attempts to prevent a website from functioning properly by sending a large amount of requests or other traffic to the target website causing it to become unresponsive.<\/p>\n

With all the great advances in technology, there is always someone trying to exploit the technology to do harm. When companies started using distributive technologies for business purposes, attackers started using distributive technologies to enhance their attacks.\u00a0 Just a few years ago, a large DDoS attack was 10-20mbs of traffic. Today, we regularly see DDoS attacks between 2-4gbs in size and we have seen attacks as large as 10gbs. There have been reports of DDoS attacks exceeding 100gbs.<\/p>\n

DDoS attackers are extremely clever, and believe it or not, you may have unknowingly helped one of the attackers to attack another site. It\u2019s true! You may be helping a DDoS attacker right now and don\u2019t even know it. DDoS attackers are always looking for ways to exploit computer systems to host their attacks. Attackers use several techniques to gain access to systems. The most common are:<\/p>\n