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Which attack represents the evasion technique of resource exhaustion?

The correct answer is D. denial-of-service. A denial-of-service attack directly represents the evasion technique of resource exhaustion by overwhelming a system with requests, making services unavailable to legitimate users.

Submitted by jakub_pl· Mar 6, 2026Security Concepts

Question

Which attack represents the evasion technique of resource exhaustion?

Options

  • ASQL injection
  • Bman-in-the-middle
  • Cbluesnarfing
  • Ddenial-of-service

How the community answered

(53 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    6% (3)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    91% (48)

Why each option

A denial-of-service attack directly represents the evasion technique of resource exhaustion by overwhelming a system with requests, making services unavailable to legitimate users.

ASQL injection

SQL injection focuses on exploiting vulnerabilities in database input fields to gain unauthorized access to or manipulate data, not primarily to exhaust system resources.

Bman-in-the-middle

A man-in-the-middle attack involves an attacker secretly relaying and possibly altering communication between two parties who believe they are directly communicating with each other, rather than exhausting resources.

Cbluesnarfing

Bluesnarfing is a Bluetooth attack that allows an attacker to access information on a device, such as calendars, contacts, and emails, without the owner's knowledge or permission, and is not a resource exhaustion technique.

Ddenial-of-serviceCorrect

Denial-of-service (DoS) attacks aim to make a system or network resource unavailable to legitimate users by overwhelming it with traffic or requests, thereby deliberately exhausting resources like network bandwidth, CPU cycles, memory, or connection tables.

Concept tested: Denial-of-service and resource exhaustion

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/ddos-attack-best-practices

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#denial of service#resource exhaustion#attack types

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