1.0Microsoft Security Bloghttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blogAzure Network Security Teamhttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/author/azure-networking-team/Anatomy of a DDoS amplification attack | Microsoft Security Blogrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="N2cGesmHze"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/05/23/anatomy-of-ddos-amplification-attacks/">Anatomy of a DDoS amplification attack</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/05/23/anatomy-of-ddos-amplification-attacks/embed/#?secret=N2cGesmHze" width="600" height="338" title="“Anatomy of a DDoS amplification attack” — Microsoft Security Blog" data-secret="N2cGesmHze" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DDoS-Amplification.jpg1200800Amplification attacks are one of the most common distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack vectors. These attacks are typically categorized as flooding or volumetric attacks, where the attacker succeeds in generating more traffic than the target can process, resulting in exhausting its resources due to the amount of traffic it receives.