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In which of the following attacks does an attacker spoof the source address in IP packets that are sent to the victim?

The correct answer is C. Backscatter. A backscatter attack involves an attacker forging the victim's IP address as the source in packets sent to many third-party hosts, which then flood the victim with unsolicited reply traffic.

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Question

In which of the following attacks does an attacker spoof the source address in IP packets that are sent to the victim?

Options

  • ADos
  • BDDoS
  • CBackscatter
  • DSQL injection

How the community answered

(30 responses)
  • A
    7% (2)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    90% (27)

Why each option

A backscatter attack involves an attacker forging the victim's IP address as the source in packets sent to many third-party hosts, which then flood the victim with unsolicited reply traffic.

ADos

A standard DoS attack originates from a single source and overwhelms a target, but is not specifically defined by IP source address spoofing directed at reflectors.

BDDoS

DDoS uses many distributed attacking machines to flood a target but does not specifically describe the spoofed-source reflection mechanism that defines backscatter.

CBackscatterCorrect

In a backscatter attack, the attacker spoofs the victim's IP address as the source in a large volume of packets directed at reflector hosts across the internet. Those reflectors respond legitimately to what they believe is the victim's request, causing massive unsolicited traffic to be directed at the victim. This technique obscures the true attacker origin and amplifies the volume of traffic reaching the target.

DSQL injection

SQL injection manipulates database queries through unsanitized user input and has nothing to do with IP packet source address spoofing.

Concept tested: IP source spoofing in backscatter reflection attacks

Source: https://www.caida.org/projects/backscatter/

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#backscatter attack#IP spoofing#source address spoofing#network attacks

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