Threats & AttacksCâu 5 / 100
An attacker overwhelms a web server with traffic from thousands of compromised devices, making it unavailable. What is this called?
a.Man-in-the-middle
b.Distributed denial-of-service
c.On-path replay
d.DNS poisoning
Giải thích
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack floods a target from many compromised hosts, often a botnet, exhausting bandwidth or resources. The goal is to disrupt availability rather than steal data. Rate limiting, scrubbing services, and CDNs help absorb the load.
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