Which one of the following threats does NOT rely on packet size or large volumes of data?

A.
SYN flood

B.
Spam

C.
Ping of death

D.
Macro virus

Explanation:
SPAM – The term describing unwanted email, newsgroup, or discussion forum messages. Spam can
be innocuous as an advertisement from a well-meaning vendor or as malignant as floods or
unrequested messages with viruses or Trojan horses attached SYN Flood Attack – A type of DoS. A
Syn flood attack is waged by not sending the final ACK packet, which breaks the standard three-way
handshake used by TCP/IP to initiate communication sessions. Ping of death attack – A type of DoS. A
ping of death attack employs an oversized ping packet. Using special tools, an attacker can send
numerous oversized ping packets to a victim. In many cases, when the victimized system attempts to
process the packets, an error occurs causing the system to freeze, crash, or reboot. Macro Viruses –
A virus that utilizes crude technologies to infect documents created in the Microsoft Word
environment. – Ed Tittle CISSP Study Guide (sybex) pg 550 740, 743, 723, 713