Complete the sentence to explain what a Denial of Service (DoS) attack does.
A Denial of Service (DoS) attack aims to [1] a network or service so legitimate users cannot access it.
A DoS attack disrupts a network or service, making it unavailable to legitimate users.
Complete the sentence to identify the difference between DoS and DDoS attacks.
A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack uses [1] sources to overwhelm a target, unlike a DoS attack which uses a single source.DDoS attacks come from many sources at once, making them harder to stop than single-source DoS attacks.
Fix the error in the description of a DoS attack method.
One common DoS attack method is called a [1] attack, which floods the target with excessive traffic.
A flood attack overwhelms the target with too much traffic, causing service disruption.
Fill both blanks to complete the explanation of a common defense against DoS attacks.
To defend against DoS attacks, networks often use [1] to filter traffic and [2] to absorb large volumes of requests.
Firewalls filter unwanted traffic, and load balancers distribute traffic to prevent overload during DoS attacks.
Fill all three blanks to complete the description of a botnet used in DDoS attacks.
A botnet is a network of [1] devices controlled by an attacker to send [2] traffic and cause [3] to the target.
Botnets use infected devices to send large amounts of traffic, causing disruption to the target service.