Dos Attack Research Paper

The danger for the average computer user is that someone will hack their system. Most average computer users don’t have anything worth stealing. Now, on the internet, there are other dangers, because your computer could be a launching pad for other attacks. So people might want to break into your computer in order to use it later on as a tool to break into something bigger. These things happen all the time. A lot of DoS (Denial of Service) attacks are based off these types of intrusions. A DoS attack is basically a virtual sit-in in which a hacker uses a computer to send thousands of packets a second at a website or server, flooding it and blocking access to legitimate traffic. Usually a DoS isn’t enough to take down a website, or even a simple home …show more content…
Well, Trojan viruses are RATs, or Remote Administration Tools, which gives the host access to any machine infected, whenever they want access. This includes the ability to log every single key you press, every password you type, and even every credit card number you enter on amazon. Hackers gain access to your bank accounts, personal information, and anything else that you do on your computer. They can blackmail you with personal information in order to get money, sell your credit cards, and hack into your bank accounts all at a few strokes of the keyboard. In 1982 the US found out that the KGB had been stealing our technology and using it. In response, perhaps one of the first Trojan viruses ever created was slipped into a piece of software that the KGB planned to steal. The file they were stealing? A piece of software designed to regulate gas pipelines. 10 million cycles, and a few months later, the Trojan virus triggered. It caused the gas pipeline’s pumps and compressors to run at dangerously high speeds. There was only supposed to be a few leaks in the pipeline, but what ended up happening was an explosion ⅕ the strength of an atomic bomb. The most monumental non-nuclear explosion ever to be seen from