A Survey on Distributed Denial of Service Attacks in the Online Gaming Industry

Authors

  • Sanjana A  ISE Department, NHCE, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  • Medha Vinod  ISE Department, NHCE, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Keywords:

DoS, DDoS Attacks, Online Gaming Industry, Safer Medium, vulnerabilities

Abstract

In this digital era, threats in the cyber world has exponentially risen and has resulted in a huge number of cyber-attacks all over the world. One of the most notorious cyber-attacks is distributed denial of service (DDoS), which is a subclass of denial of service (DoS) attacks. DDoS attacks are a standard tactic used to make a service/server unavailable to its users. These attacks involve hackers sending large amounts of traffic to overwhelm and disable a targeted system with a flood of internet traffic. According to several reports, online gaming industry has become the biggest victim or target to DDoS attacks. This paper provides a systematic survey on the various DDoS attacks taking place in the gaming industry. This paper also provides an analysis of the trends of these attacks, counter measures and factors affecting it and vulnerabilities. Through this analysis, we can identify the prior vulnerabilities faced by online gaming and ensure a more successful defense against these threats in the future. Thereby it will help in providing a secure and efficient medium for online gaming.

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2020-09-30

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Volume 4, Issue 11, September-2020

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Sanjana A, Medha Vinod, " A Survey on Distributed Denial of Service Attacks in the Online Gaming Industry" International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology(IJSRCSEIT), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 4, Issue 11, pp.11-18, September-2020.