What is the PRIMARY goal of a Denial of Service (DoS) attack?

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• APreventing legitimate activity on a system
• BSpreading malware
• CGaining access to sensitive data
• DDiverting users to malicious websites

• A
  89% (32)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  6% (2)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

A DoS attack targets the availability pillar of the CIA triad (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability). Its primary goal is to overwhelm a system, server, or network with traffic or requests so that legitimate users cannot access it. DoS attacks do not inherently spread malware, steal data, or redirect users - those are goals of other attack types. The defining characteristic of DoS is disrupting availability for legitimate users.

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