How do attackers launch DDoS? First, hackers need to get the DDoSTool onto your system. To that end, cybercriminals rely on a whole bag of tricks to enslave your PC, Mac, Android, iPhone, or company endpoint into their botnet. Here are some common examples: •An email attachment. In a moment of bad judgment, you click on either an attachment or link to a website that the attacker controls, and which hosts the malware it sends you. •Your social network or messaging app. Like emails, they can include links that attackers want you to click on, again, to trigger download of a DDoSTool. •Drive-by downloads or click scams. If you surf on a legitimate—albeit infected—website, you don’t even have to click on anything to have the malvertising download botnet malware. Or you fall prey to a pop-up that displays an “urgent” message that prompts you to download some allegedly necessary antivirus security (it’s malware). After the DDoSTool infection takes root, your computer remains seemingly unch...
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