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WorksheetsTypes of Attack
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 2mins
The most common session-hijacking is man in the middle attack
True
False
Which of the following best describes session hacking
Taking over a target machine via a trojan horse
taking control of the login session
Taking Control of the communication link between two machines.
Taking control of a target machine remotely
Smurf attack is a popular DoS attack
True
False
What is the danger inherent in IP spoofing attacks?
Many firewalls do not examine packets that seems to come from within the network
There are very damaging to target systems
Many of these attacks open the door for other attacks
they can be difficult to stop
To be protected against Ping of death attacks ensure that all operating systems are patched
True
False
Which of the following is the best defnition for IP spoofing?
Rerouting packets to a different IP addess
Setting up a fake website that appears to be a different site
sending packets that are misconfigured
Sending a packet to be appears to come from a trusted IP address
A _____ tries to formulate a web resource occupied or busy its users by flooding the URL of the victim with unlimited requests than the server can handle.
MiTM attack
Phishing attack
Website attack
DoS attack
________________ are required because HTTP uses a lot of diverse TCP connections, so, the web server needs a means to distinguish every user’s connections.
Internet
Network
Sessions
Hijacking
___________ is a type of DoS threats to overload a server as it sends a large number of requests requiring resources for handling & processing.
Network Layer DoS
Physical Layer DoS
Application Layer DoS
Transport Layer DoS
The point of hijacking a connection is to exploit trust and gain access to a system
True
False
