An Attacker Has Gained Control of Several Systems on the Internet

question 1017

Multiple Choice

An attacker has gained control of several systems on the Internet and is using them to attack a website, causing it to stop responding to legitimate traffic. Which of the following BEST describes the attack?

• A) MITM
• B) DNS poisoning
• C) Buffer overflow
• D) DDoS

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