Practice Question: Network Attack Types

Practice Question: Network Attack Types

Practice Question: Network Attack Types

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Greg recently detected a system on his network that occasionally begins sending streams of TCP SYN packets to port 80 at a single IP address for several hours and then stops. It later resumes, but directs the packets at a different address. What type of attack is taking place?
A. Port scanning
B. IP scanning
C. SQL injection
D. DDos
Correct Answer: D.
This is a clear example of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. The system is flooding the target with connection requests, hoping to overwhelm it. The port and IP address are not changing, so this is not indicative of a scanning attack. There is no indication that the connection is completed, so it cannot be a SQL injection attack.

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