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COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY

TYPES OF THREATS AND ATTACKS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
An attempt to flood the bandwidth or resources of a targeted system so that it becomes overwhelmed with false requests and in result doesn’t have time or resources to handle legitimate requests is called:
A
Bluejacking
B
MITM attack
C
Session hijacking
D
DoS attack
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt the normal traffic of a targeted server, service or network by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of Internet traffic.

Detailed explanation-2: -A bandwidth attack is when a network is flooded with malicious packets in order to overwhelm its bandwidth.

Detailed explanation-3: -In a Distributed Denial of Service attack, the attacker enlists the help of (many) thousands of Internet users to each generate a small number of requests which, added together, overload the target.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is a DDoS Attack and How Does it Work? DDoS is a type of denial of service (DoS) attack where a perpetrator maliciously attempts to disrupt the normal traffic of a target network or server by flooding the surrounding infrastructure with Internet traffic.

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