COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK SECURITY AND CYBERSECURITY
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
Denial of Service
|
|
|
Pharming
|
|
|
Trojan Horse
|
|
|
Flooder
|
Detailed explanation-1: -A Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack is an attack meant to shut down a machine or network, making it inaccessible to its intended users.
Detailed explanation-2: -A denial-of-service (DoS) attack floods a server with traffic, making a website or resource unavailable. A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a DoS attack that uses multiple computers or machines to flood a targeted resource.
Detailed explanation-3: -When hackers band together to take down a website, they often do so using a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. Millions of websites have limited web server and network resources to handle traffic.
Detailed explanation-4: -In a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, multiple compromised computer systems attack a target and cause a denial of service for users of the targeted resource. The target can be a server, website or other network resource.