DoS

A Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack is an attack meant to shut down a machine or network, making it inaccessible to its intended users. DoS attacks accomplish this by flooding the target with traffic, or sending it information that triggers a crash.

denial-of-service attack is a malicious attempt to overwhelm an online service and render it unusable. Learn more about denial-of-service attacks.

Denial-of-service (DoS) attacks typically flood servers, systems or networks with traffic in order to overwhelm the victim's resources and make it difficult