ECSA v10: EC-Council Certified Security Analyst v10

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VerifiedNetwork Penetration Testing Methodology – Internal

Dale is a network administrator at Zero Faults Inc. Recently, the company’s network was compromised and is experiencing highly unusual traffic. Dale investigates the issue that compromised the network. He performed a penetration test on the network’s IDS and determined that an attacker sent spoofed packets to a broadcast address on the network.

Which of the following attacks compromised the network?

Explanation

An amplification attack uses a spoofed source address and a broadcast-capable destination so that multiple systems generate replies toward the victim, greatly increasing the traffic volume.

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