A server with the IP address of 10.10.2.4 has been having intermittent connection issues. The logs show repeated connection attempts from the following IPs: 10.10.3.16 10.10.3.23 212.178.24.26 217.24.

The correct answer is B. DDoS. A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack uses multiple sources to flood a target, overwhelming it until it can no longer respond to legitimate traffic. The key indicator here is the presence of multiple attacking IPs - two internal (10.10.3.16, 10.10.3.23) and two external (

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A server with the IP address of 10.10.2.4 has been having intermittent connection issues. The logs show repeated connection attempts from the following IPs:

10.10.3.16 10.10.3.23 212.178.24.26 217.24.94.83 These attempts are overloading the server to the point that it cannot respond to traffic. Which of the following attacks is occurring?

Options

AXSS
BDDoS
CDoS
DXmas

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B
96% (22)
C
4% (1)

Explanation

A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack uses multiple sources to flood a target, overwhelming it until it can no longer respond to legitimate traffic. The key indicator here is the presence of multiple attacking IPs - two internal (10.10.3.16, 10.10.3.23) and two external (212.178.24.26, 217.24.94.83) - targeting a single server. A standard DoS (C) comes from a single source. XSS (A) is a web injection attack, not a flood attack. An Xmas scan (D) is a TCP port-scanning technique that sets specific packet flags - it does not cause server overload.

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