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Post-Exploitation and Advanced Threat Techniques

Peter, a malicious hacker, plans to carry out an attack. He first compromises computers spread across the internet and installs specialized software on them. He then directs the compromised hosts to perform the attack. Each host can launch its own attack against the target computers. Which of the following attacks is Peter conducting?

  • A Teardrop attack
  • B SYN flood attack
  • C Ping of Death attack
  • D DDoS attack
Explanation

A DDoS attack uses numerous compromised systems, often called bots or zombies, under an attacker’s control to send traffic or requests to a target simultaneously. The distributed sources can overwhelm the target’s resources or network capacity.

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