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An engineer is analyzing a DoS attack and notices that the perpetrator used a different IP address to hide their system IP address and avoid detection. Which anti-forensics technique did the…

The correct answer is B. spoofing. Altering the packet’s source address so that it shows a different IP than the attacker’s true host is classic IP spoofing - an anti-forensics method to conceal the origin of an attack.

Submitted by andres_qro· Mar 6, 2026Forensics Techniques

Question

An engineer is analyzing a DoS attack and notices that the perpetrator used a different IP address to hide their system IP address and avoid detection. Which anti-forensics technique did the perpetrator use?

Options

  • Acache poisoning
  • Bspoofing
  • Cencapsulation
  • Donion routing

How the community answered

(49 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    88% (43)
  • C
    6% (3)
  • D
    4% (2)

Explanation

Altering the packet’s source address so that it shows a different IP than the attacker’s true host is classic IP spoofing - an anti-forensics method to conceal the origin of an attack.

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#anti-forensics#IP spoofing#DoS attack

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