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what would you conclude about the attack?

The following is an entry captured by a network IDS.You are assigned the task of analyzing this
entry. You notice the value 0x90, which is the most common NOOP instruction for the Intel
processor. You figure that the attacker is attempting a buffer overflow attack. You also notice
“/bin/sh” in the ASCII part of the output. As an analyst what would you conclude about the attack?

What kind of Denial of Service attack was best illustrated in the scenario above?

Bob was frustrated with his competitor, Brownies Inc., and decided to launch an attack that would
result in serious financial losses. He planned the attack carefully and carried out the attack at the
appropriate moment.
Meanwhile, Trent, an administrator at Brownies Inc., realized that their main financial transaction
server had been attacked. As a result of the attack, the server crashed and Trent needed to reboot
the system, as no one was able to access the resources of the company. This process involves
human interaction to fix it.
What kind of Denial of Service attack was best illustrated in the scenario above?


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