Common Types of Network Attacks

Question 1

Denial of service attack (DoS)

Answer 1

A network attack that targets a network or server and floods it with network traffic

Question 2

Distributed denial of service attack (DDoS)

Answer 2

A type of denial or service attack that uses multiple devices or servers in different locations to flood the target network with unwanted traffic

Question 3

SYN flood attack

Answer 3

A type of DoS attack that simulates a TCP/IP connection and floods a server with SYN packets

Question 4

Packet sniffing

Answer 4

The practice of capturing and inspecting data packets across a network

Question 5

IP spoofing

Answer 5

A network attack performed when an attacker changes the source IP of a data packet to impersonate an authorized system and gain access to a network

Question 6

On-path attack

Answer 6

An attack where a malicious actor place themselves in the middle of an authorized connection and intercepts or alters the data in transit