ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) Practice Question
During incident response, an analyst suspects a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack is in progress. Which single trait would best confirm that the event is a DDoS rather than a traditional single-source denial-of-service attack?
Domain Name System records are altered to redirect users to fraudulent websites.
Traffic originates concurrently from a large number of geographically dispersed hosts under an attacker's control.
The attack inserts malicious SQL commands into web application queries.
The attacker encrypts the victim's data and demands payment to restore access.
A DDoS attack is defined by the use of numerous compromised systems-often part of a botnet-to flood the target with traffic, overwhelming its resources. A single-source DoS, ransomware, SQL injection, and DNS cache poisoning each rely on one attacker or exploit different techniques; none inherently involve traffic from many distributed hosts. Therefore, the presence of simultaneously originating traffic from many geographically dispersed systems is the distinguishing indicator of a DDoS incident.
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