EC-Council
412-79V10 · Question #4
A hacker initiates so many invalid requests to a cloud network host that the host uses all its resources responding to invalid requests and ignores the legitimate requests. Identify the type of attack
The correct answer is A. Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
A hacker initiates so many invalid requests to a cloud network host that the host uses all its resources responding to invalid requests and ignores the legitimate requests. Identify the type of attack
Options
- ADenial of Service (DoS) attacks
- BData Corruption attack
- CMan-the-middle cryptographic attacks
- DRehearsed brute force attacks
How the community answered
(50 responses)- A84% (42)
- B6% (3)
- C2% (1)
- D8% (4)
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