An older and more widely known hacking technique, where a hacker will atttempt to flood a computer network with useless information. This can cause the computer network to shutdown. Dos Attacks are a shorthand term for " denial of service attack " and it takes advantage of the tcp/ip protocol in older computer network systems. It is now possible to find plenty of patches and updates to try and block Dos Attacks. It is always a good idea to check out the latest types of Dos Attacks because there is always a new variant.