Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attack – Is Your VPS Protected?

Investing in web hosting is vital for the growth of every business and operation. However, your VPS may be vulnerable to malicious attacks from cybercriminals and malware organizations without proactive protection measures.

Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks, more commonly known as DDoS attacks, have become an extremely common threat. It’s a type of cyberattack that prevents users and potential users from accessing your website, leading to reduced website traffic, customer confidence, business reputation, and business revenues.

How Does a Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack Work?

• DDoS attacks are typically carried out by vast networks of computers and internet-connected devices.
• These networks may comprise computers, laptops, IoT devices, and other devices that are infected with viruses or malware, or riddled with exploits. The presence of malware allows the attacker to control the network remotely without getting noticed or caught. Every device in the network is referred to as a "bot," and the network is called a botnet.
• After establishing a botnet, the DDoS attacker can attack a target server by sending instructions remotely.
• If the botnet attacks your web server, each bot will bombard your server's IP address with requests, causing your server to break down, leading to a denial-of-service error for website users.
• Because each targeting bot is a legitimate physical Internet-connected device, it is difficult to differentiate between usual traffic and attack traffic.

Identifying a DDoS Attack

A telltale sign of a DDoS attack is a server or website becoming unavailable or significantly slow all of a sudden. But several other conditions—such as a sudden surge of legitimate website traffic—can also have similar symptoms, so it’s best to investigate the issue in depth. Using traffic analytics tools can help businesses identify the following symptoms of a DDoS attack.

• A massive amount of traffic suddenly coming from different IP addresses.
• Traffic from suspicious users who share a similar device type, web browser version, geolocation, or other behavioral profiles.
• A flood of requests directed to a single page, such as a location page, service page, or landing page
• Odd patterns of incoming traffic, such as a traffic surge at odd hours when regular traffic wouldn't use the website   

Protect Your VPS Against DDoS Attacks Using JoivHost

If you’re looking to boost your server against malicious DDoS attacks that can potentially impact customers’ experience and business revenues, you’re in the right place.
At JoivHost, we provide our clients with an anti-DDoS infrastructure as a part of our affordable web hosting services.

With extensive experience, we specialize in providing shared hosting, VPS hosting, and dedicated server hosting to individuals, businesses, and organizations.

Our services also include SSL certification and domain checking, registration, and transfer.

Contact us for more information today!