A/An _______________Attack in Which a Malicious Hacker Floods a Web

question 106

Multiple Choice

A/An _______________attack in which a malicious hacker floods a Web server with millions of bogus service requests that so occupy the server that it cannot service legitimate requests.

• A) overflow attack
• B) denial-of-service (DoS)
• C) advanced persistent threat (APT)
• D) usurpation

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