Fundamentals 18 Understanding DDoS Attacks

What does "DDoS" stand for?

• Distributed Denial of Security

• Data Disruption of Service

• Distributed Denial-of-Service

• Digital Denial of Systems

What is the primary goal of a DDoS attack?

• To steal sensitive data

• To crash or slow down a target system

• To gain administrator access

• To install ransomware

In a DDoS attack, multiple compromised devices are controlled remotely. What are these devices collectively called?

• Firewalls

• Hosts

• Botnet

• Servers

What is the first step in executing a DDoS attack?

• Target selection

• Forming a botnet

• Sending attack traffic

• Crashing the system

Which of the following is NOT a step in a DDoS attack?

• Botnet Formation

• Service Disruption

• Mass Data Theft

• Target Selection

What happens when a DDoS attack is successful?

• The target system speeds up

• The target system slows down or crashes

• The attacker gains administrator privileges

• The system gets permanently destroyed

Which type of DDoS attack overwhelms a target's bandwidth?

• Application Layer Attack

• Volume-Based Attack

• Protocol Attack

• SQL Injection Attack

What is an example of a volume-based DDoS attack?

• SQL Injection

• SYN Flood

• UDP Flood

• Cross-Site Scripting

Protocol attacks typically exploit vulnerabilities in which of the following?

• Application code

• Operating system security

• Network communication protocols

• Firewall configurations

Which of the following is a protocol attack?

• HTTP Flood

• Slowloris

• Ping of Death

• SQL Injection