Cloud computing emerges as the next revolution technology in the field of IT industry. Business organization shifts their traditional method of server-client based service to cloud-based service where customers are provided with subscription-based cloud services. On the contrary, cloud computing services demand high level security due to centralized nature of operation. Lots of security breaches have been encountered in cloud environment as single point failure, eaves dropping, node hijacking and many more. At the same time, the paper discusses the security threat occurred due to Denial-of-Service attack (DDoS) which occurs when legitimate users are deprived of using cloud resources due to resource exhaustion. Even though services in cloud are available through service level agreement to the users, elasticity and auto scalability leads to increased use of cloud services during DDoS attack leading to creation of new type of attack named Economic Denial of Sustainability attack (EDoS). Even though this attack exists in small level, it highly targets the financial loss of the company aimed. In terms of cloud application, DDoS attacks play an important role. The elasticity property shows a solution to the DDoS attack and at the same time leads to a new type of attack, the EDoS attack. Many researchers implemented DDoS and EDoS detection frameworks using DDoS impact, but there was variation. This paper conducted a survey to differentiate EDoS and DDoS, DDoS Characterization, detection, mitigation, and prevention of these attacks. Furthermore, a detailed report of EDoS has been summarized in the paper.
Keywords: DDoS, EDoS, Cloud Datacentre, Elasticity, Detection Framework.
How to cite this article: Bandeela S, Bulla S, Sunanda N. Survey: impact, detection and mitigation techniques of DDOS and EDOS attacks in cloud computing services. Int J Drug Deliv Technol. 2026;16(3s): 951-959; DOI: 10.25258/ijddt.16.3s.115
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