Denial-of-service attack
A DoS attack targets availability rather than necessarily stealing data. This topic is part of Cybersecurity within Technology. This page currently draws on 4 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
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Denial-of-service attack trivia questions
What is the main goal of a denial-of-service attack?
Answer: Make a service unavailable to legitimate users
Bonus fact: A DoS attack targets availability rather than necessarily stealing data.
What makes a distributed denial-of-service attack different from a basic DoS attack?
Answer: Traffic comes from many systems
Bonus fact: DDoS attacks often rely on botnets to generate traffic from many locations at once.
Which part of the CIA security triad is most directly attacked by a denial-of-service attack?
Answer: Availability
Bonus fact: The CIA triad stands for confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Which cyberattack commonly uses a botnet to overwhelm a target with traffic?
Answer: A distributed denial-of-service attack
Bonus fact: A DDoS attack spreads traffic across many machines, making it harder to block with a single filter.