DDoS or Distributed Denial of Service is a kind of DOS attack that targets a system which causes service denial. Common attacks of DDoS are included in the traffic, bandwidth and application. Traffic attack will send the target with TCP, ICPM, and UDP packets in huge volume. This makes legitimate request lost which may be followed by some malware exploitation.

In bandwidth attack, it will overload target with a very big amount of junk data. As the result, it makes many equipment resources and network bandwidth lost. The worst is that it could even lead to service denial completely. The third type is application attack. This kind of attack will be able to deplete the resources in application layer and leave the system service of target becomes unavailable. The following description will explain more facts regarding DDoS which may be helpful for you.
Here Are DDoS Facts You Should Know

1. Any online world user can be the target of DDoS attack
The most need-to-know fact firstly is that anyone who is connected to online world can be the target of DDoS attack. It is so important to understand such thing because the severity attack of DDoS grows powerfully every day which makes anyone the target. Many people probably think that the target would be only businesses in large scale, while the small industry is safe. For information, there is no discrimination for DDoS attack and thus, it can pick any business as its target. So, if you are connected to online world, you may be exposed to some risk factors including DDoS.

2. ISP is not utterly responsible for DDoS attack
There are some people who think that if the attack became the problem, they will be told beforehand. This thought is in line with organizations thought state that ISP or Internet Service Provider is the one responsible in managing traffics that come in and come out. It is true that ISP has the duty to provide good maintenance of your connections as well as deliver the traffics. However, service providers are not the parties responsible in cleaning and examining the traffic. Nevertheless, you can provide better protection by paying for such particular service.

3. More bandwidth does not mean it is less downtime
You must never think that with more bandwidth it gets less downtime. The fact is that there is no bandwidth amount which is able to guarantee one hundred percent uptime. Website downtime can be caused by several factors such as server crashes, power outages, and server maintenance. Even though the website owner has higher bandwidth with IP blacklisting, strong router and good protection, these all cannot protect you from DDoS attacks.

4. The attack is quite a big deal, so do not underestimate
Even downtime that happens in just one minute will be able to cause financial loss majorly. Since the threat landscapes have already changed these days, there is no business on safer side. Be aware that DDoS targets are not only ecommerce and finance, but also for every business.