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An attacker sends a large number of requests to a server from several computers that are located at different geographical locations What is the name for this type of attack?
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DDoS
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How is botnet created?
A botnet is a collection of compromised computers connected to the Internet (each compromised computer is known as a 'bot'). When a computer is compromised by an attacker, there is often code within the malware that commands it to become part of a botnet. The "botmaster" or "bot herder" controls these compromised computers via standards based network protocols such as IRC and http.
What kind of attack that the attacker is able to access administrator-level resources as a result?
Privilege escalation
What type of attack does an attacker imtercept inspect and alter packets on the fly in the conversation between two networks hosts?
Middle man attack
What is packet spoofing?
In this technique, an attacker sends packets with an incorrect source address. when this happens the receiver i.e the party who receives the packets containg a false source address would inadvertently send replies back to the forged address and not to the attacker
What are Ping floods?
A ping command is to checks whether the client can send or receive packets . A Ping Flood can be defined as an attempt by an attacker on a high bandwidth connection . It is to saturate a network with packets in order to slow the traffic .
What attacks come from multiple sources instead of a single source?
Attacks from a single source can be easily defeated with an IP block. Thousands of different IPs make this a much more difficult attack to stop.More sources means more computers. More computers means more computing power. This is especially useful for DoS attacks, where the more requests you can send out the better your attack is.It's much harder to find the original source of an attacker when there are many attacks from different physical locations.
What is vulneratibily?
Vunerability in the context of computers generally means that there is a weak spot in the security of the computer that could let an attacker gain access to your machine.
Where can someone find videos instructing them about disarming an attacker?
One can find videos instructing them about disarming an attacker on several different online video websites. By far the most popular option would be YouTube, where one can find several different videos by different instructors.
What is the Tamil meaning for Attacker?
The Tamil word for "Attacker" is தீவாதி.
If two students connect their computers with a twisted pair network-cable directly between the computers Would it be possible for an attacker to see the files being transferred?
If computers are not connected to the internet at the same time over another cable or wireless, no it is not possible to see the data being transferred
What is correct a horse outruns an attacker or outrun an attacker?
The correct way would be 'a horse outruns an attacker', singlular horse, present tense.
How does the wasp protect itself from its enemies?
With it's stinger, it strikes the attacker and releases venom into the attacker. The stinger is left in the attacker and soon, it dies.
What is a man-in-the-middle attack in regards to computers?
The man-in-the-middle attack is cryptography and computer security is a form of active eavesdropping in which the attacker makes independent connections with the victims and relays messages between them, making them believe that they are talking directly to each other over a private connection, when in fact the entire conversation is controlled by the attacker.
What stings an attacker with paralyzing poison?
A Scorpion stings an attacker with paralyzing poison
What story does the attacker tell Santiago?
In the Alchemist What story does the attacker tell Santiago
Which pre-hacking phase could be accomplished without the attacker ever connecting to the target network?
Foot-printing is the pre-hacking phase that could be accomplished without the attacker ever connecting to the target network.
Does the offside rule give the benefit of the doubt to the attacker or defender?
should be the attacker but usually the defender
