{"id":18963,"date":"2026-10-22T17:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/knowledgebase\/ddos-attacks-protection\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T17:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T14:00:16","password":"","slug":"ddos-attacks-protection","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/knowledgebase\/ddos-attacks-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are DDoS Attacks? Types, Warning Signs and How to Protect Your Website"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In short<\/b>A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack sends a huge number of requests to your site from thousands of devices at once, until the server cannot serve real visitors and the site slows down or stops. It does not steal data, but it stops your business. Protection comes in layers: a server firewall, cloud protection such as Cloudflare in front of the site, and limits on requests per address.<\/div>\n
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How does the attack work?<\/h2>\n

The attacker controls a network of infected devices (a botnet): computers, cameras and routers around the world. They tell all of them to send requests to your site at the same moment. Because the requests come from thousands of addresses, blocking one is not enough.<\/p>\n

Types of DDoS attacks<\/h2>\n
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Type<\/th>\nHow it works<\/th>\nExample<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Volumetric<\/td>\nFills the internet connection with huge amounts of data.<\/td>\nUDP floods<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Protocol<\/td>\nExhausts server and network resources with half-open connections.<\/td>\nSYN flood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Application layer<\/td>\nRequests heavy pages such as search or login over and over.<\/td>\nHTTP flood, Slowloris<\/a> and the load-scripts flaw<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Signs your site is under attack<\/h2>\n