EC-Council
EC0-350 · Question #643
Henry is an attacker and wants to gain control of a system and use it to flood a target system with requests, so as to prevent legitimate users from gaining access. What type of attack is Henry using?
The correct answer is B. Henry is using a denial of service attack which is a valid threat used by an attacker. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
Henry is an attacker and wants to gain control of a system and use it to flood a target system with requests, so as to prevent legitimate users from gaining access. What type of attack is Henry using?
Options
- AHenry is executing commands or viewing data outside the intended target path
- BHenry is using a denial of service attack which is a valid threat used by an attacker
- CHenry is taking advantage of an incorrect configuration that leads to access with higher-than- expected
- DHenry uses poorly designed input validation routines to create or alter commands to gain access to
How the community answered
(22 responses)- A9% (2)
- B82% (18)
- C5% (1)
- D5% (1)
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