Which type of attack aims at making a service unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic?
- Buffer Overflow Attack
- DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service)
- Man-in-the-Middle Attack
- Phishing Attack
A "DDoS" attack stands for Distributed Denial of Service and is designed to make a service unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic, often from multiple sources.
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