Which type of attack involves taking control of multiple IoT devices to launch coordinated attacks?

The correct answer is A. DDoS attack. DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks match exactly because the attack is distributed - an attacker hijacks many devices (forming a "botnet") to flood a target simultaneously, overwhelming it. Phishing is a social engineering trick to steal credentials via deceptive messag

Attacks and Countermeasures

Question

Options

ADDoS attack
BPhishing attack
CMan-in-the-middle attack
DSQL injection attack

How the community answered

(34 responses)

A
88% (30)
B
9% (3)
D
3% (1)

Explanation

DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks match exactly because the attack is distributed - an attacker hijacks many devices (forming a "botnet") to flood a target simultaneously, overwhelming it. Phishing is a social engineering trick to steal credentials via deceptive messages, not device takeover. A man-in-the-middle attack intercepts communication between two parties but doesn't involve coordinating many devices. SQL injection exploits database query vulnerabilities to extract or corrupt data - unrelated to IoT device control.

Memory tip: The key word is "multiple devices" + "coordinated" - think of the famous 2016 Mirai botnet, which hijacked hundreds of thousands of IoT cameras and routers to launch massive DDoS attacks. If a question mentions armies of devices launching attacks together, that's always Distributed = DDoS.

Topics

#DDoS attacks#Botnets#IoT Security#Attack Vectors

Community Discussion

No community discussion yet for this question.

Full 112-52 Practice