A server with the IP address of 10.10.2.4 has been having intermittent connection issues. The logs
show repeated connection attempts from the following IPs:
10.10.3.16
10.10.3.23
212.178.24.26
217.24.94.83
These attempts are overloading the server to the point that it cannot respond to traffic. Which of
the following attacks is occurring?
A.
XSS
B.
DDoS
C.
DoS
D.
Xmas
The key word in here is “overloading”, which is a clear indication of an DDOS.
A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is an attack from several different computers targeting a single computer.
We see connection from the LAN and the WAN
10.10.3.16 – Internal IP
10.10.3.23 – Internal IP
212.178.24.26 – External IP
217.24.94.83 – External IP
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