COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY
TYPES OF THREATS AND ATTACKS
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Their data will be stolen from a database
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Nothing will happen at all
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Abusive text will appear on the homepage
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The website might crash and nothing loads
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Detailed explanation-1: -DDoS stands for distributed denial of service but is often referred to as a simple denial of service. A DDoS attack consists of a website being flooded by requests during a short period of time, with the aim of overwhelming the site and causing it to crash.
Detailed explanation-2: -In both instances, the DoS attack deprives legitimate users (i.e. employees, members, or account holders) of the service or resource they expected. Victims of DoS attacks often target web servers of high-profile organizations such as banking, commerce, and media companies, or government and trade organizations.
Detailed explanation-3: -Understanding Denial of Service attacks When a website suffers a DoS attack, the apparent effect will depend on your perspective. For the average user, it appears that the site has simply stopped displaying content. For businesses, it could mean that the online systems they depend upon have ceased to respond.
Detailed explanation-4: -This category of attacks attempts to create congestion by consuming all available bandwidth between the target and the larger Internet. Large amounts of data are sent to a target by using a form of amplification or another means of creating massive traffic, such as requests from a botnet.