What is a denial of service (DOS) attack?

In this disclaimed episode of the Exploring Information Security podcast, Daniel Smith of Radware joins me to discuss denial of service attacks.

Daniel (@hypoweb) is a security researcher at Radware and he loves watching denial of service attacks. He joins me to explain what is a denial of service attack and the nuances of this type of attack. He will be speaking on this type of attack and the threat landscape in general in Bogota Columbia October 26, 2016, at Tactical Edge.

In this episode we discuss:

  • What is a denial of service attack
  • The different kinds of denial of service attacks
  • Who will launch a denial of service attack
  • Who DOS attacks typically target