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Attacker simply sends a huge number of "ICMP Echo Requests" to the victim. This is an easy attack because many ping utilities support this operation, and the hacker doesn't need much knowledge. However, since it tends to overload network links, it is usually as detrimental to the attacker as to the victim, unless the attacker has a MUCH faster link that the victim If you are being flooded at full Ethernet speeds, filtering the incoming packets will help. If you have a slow, dialup connection, there isn't much you can do except hang-up and reconnect with a different IP address.
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