A Security Analyst Received a SIEM Alert Regarding High Levels

question 84

Multiple Choice

A security analyst received a SIEM alert regarding high levels of memory consumption for a critical system. After several attempts to remediate the issue, the system went down. A root cause analysis revealed a bad actor forced the application to not reclaim memory. This caused the system to be depleted of resources. Which of the following BEST describes this attack?

• A) Injection attack
• B) Memory corruption
• C) Denial of service
• D) Array attack

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Definitions:

Photosystem II

A component of the chloroplasts in plants and algae involved in the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis, particularly in water-splitting and oxygen production.

Cyclic Electron Pathway

Alternate form of the light-dependent reactions in photosynthesis that does not produce NADPH.

Noncyclic Electron Pathway

Light-dependent photosynthetic pathway that is used to generate ATP and NADPH. Because the pathway is noncyclic, the electrons must be replaced by the splitting of water (photolysis).

Calvin Cycle Reactions

A series of biochemical redox reactions that take place in the stroma of chloroplasts in photosynthetic organisms. It is a critical part of the process of carbon fixation, converting carbon dioxide into glucose.