A flood of inbound connections from various global locations suggests what kind of attack?

The correct answer is A. A denial-of-service attack. A flood of inbound connections from multiple, geographically diverse sources is the hallmark of a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack, which is a subtype of denial-of-service (DoS). The goal is to overwhelm the target's resources-bandwidth, processing power, or…

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AA denial-of-service attack
BA worm
CAn email phishing
DA virus

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A flood of inbound connections from multiple, geographically diverse sources is the hallmark of a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack, which is a subtype of denial-of-service (DoS). The goal is to overwhelm the target's resources-bandwidth, processing power, or connection tables-until legitimate users cannot be served. Worms self-propagate through networks. Phishing uses deceptive emails to steal credentials. Viruses attach to programs and spread via user action. None of these produce the pattern of high-volume inbound traffic from many global sources.

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#Denial of Service#DDoS#Attack types#Network attacks

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