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Which of the following types of attacks is targeting a Web server with multiple compromised computers that are simultaneously sending hundreds of FIN packets with spoofed IP source IP addresses?

The correct answer is C. DDoS attack. A DDoS attack uses multiple compromised systems to flood a target simultaneously, overwhelming its resources. The use of spoofed IPs and hundreds of FIN packets from many hosts are classic DDoS characteristics.

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Question

Which of the following types of attacks is targeting a Web server with multiple compromised computers that are simultaneously sending hundreds of FIN packets with spoofed IP source IP addresses?

Options

  • AEvasion attack
  • BInsertion attack
  • CDDoS attack
  • DDictionary attack

How the community answered

(24 responses)
  • A
    8% (2)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    88% (21)

Why each option

A DDoS attack uses multiple compromised systems to flood a target simultaneously, overwhelming its resources. The use of spoofed IPs and hundreds of FIN packets from many hosts are classic DDoS characteristics.

AEvasion attack

Evasion attacks are designed to bypass IDS/IPS detection by fragmenting or obfuscating malicious traffic, not to overwhelm a server with volume.

BInsertion attack

Insertion attacks trick an IDS into processing packets that the end host rejects, exploiting TTL or checksum differences, which is unrelated to flooding a server.

CDDoS attackCorrect

A Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack is defined by multiple compromised computers (a botnet) simultaneously sending traffic to a single target. The scenario describes exactly this - many hosts sending FIN packets with spoofed source IPs to exhaust the web server's connection-handling capacity. The distributed, simultaneous nature is the defining trait of DDoS over a simple DoS.

DDictionary attack

A dictionary attack is a credential-based attack that tries common passwords from a wordlist against an authentication system, not a network flooding technique.

Concept tested: Distributed Denial-of-Service attack identification

Source: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/understanding-denial-service-attacks

Topics

#DDoS attack#FIN flood#IP spoofing#botnet

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