COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

EMERGING TRENDS IN COMPUTING

INTERNET OF THINGS IOT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
An attack initiated and continued by huge amount of attackers, starts by populating unwanted traffic packets with enormous size in order to capture and completely deplete memory resource. What is the IOT security attack is referred to?
A
Selective forwarding Attacks
B
Witch Attacks
C
HELLO flood Attacks
D
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In computing, a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to a network.

Detailed explanation-2: -DDoS stands for Distributed Denial of Service. This type of attack involves sending large amounts of traffic from multiple sources to a service or website, intending to overwhelm it. A huge influx of traffic all at once can tie up all the site’s resources and thereby deny access to legitimate users.

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