What is a denial-of-service (Dos) attack?
A denial-of-service (DoS) attack, also referred to as a mail bomb, uses a mass-mailing technique to overwhelm an email address in an effort to shut down a network. The DoS attack is carried out using botnets to flood a recipients’ inbox with millions of spam emails and block service for all users. While DoS attacks don’t typically result in compromised data, they’re fairly simple to carry out and can result in major headaches for companies on the receiving end of such attacks. Organizations can minimize their risk of a DoS attack by having highly sophisticated network infrastructure security.
