10 Questions
What should be done if you cannot determine that all access is valid?
Consider all passwords compromised
What type of attack prevents a system from processing or responding to legitimate traffic or requests for resources and objects?
Denial of service (DoS)
What can result in DoS conditions, aside from malicious attacks?
Coding errors in operating systems, services, and applications
What is the purpose of account lockout controls?
To prevent brute-force attacks
What type of attack involves sending numerous update, session, or control packets to various Internet service servers or routers with a spoofed source address for the intended victim?
Distributed reflective denial of service (DRDoS)
What is the result of a DRDoS attack?
Flood of update packets, session acknowledgment responses, or error messages sent to the victim
What can be affected by a DRDoS attack?
Both the victim's system and upstream systems
What should be done to address self-inflicted DoS conditions?
Apply patches quickly
What is a common consequence of a DoS attack?
System slow down or unresponsiveness
What is a benefit of deploying multifactor authentication?
Enhanced security against unauthorized access
Test your knowledge of Host-Based IDS, its advantages and limitations, and its role in detecting unauthorized activity and attacks. Learn about its strengths and weaknesses in detecting network attacks, DoS attacks, and more.
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