Question

An attack targets ICMP protocol vulnerabilities and is conducted by creating ICMP echo request packets using the spoofed IP address of the target machine.

It then sends packets to the broadcast address network, which results in numerous devices responding with replies to the target's IP address, disabling it.

Which type of attack is this?

answer

Land DDoS attack


TCP fragmentation attack


Smurf DDoS attack


MAC flooding attack

Answer 1

Smurf DDoS attack

Explanation: The attacker sends ICMP echo requests to a network broadcast address with the victim's IP spoofed as the source, causing many hosts to reply to the victim and overwhelm it.