Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

The attempt made by hacker to make computer resource unavailable to user is called

  1. Zombie

  2. Spoofing

  3. DoS

  4. Smurf Attack

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Denial of Service (DoS) is an attack where a hacker makes computer resources unavailable to intended users by overwhelming systems with traffic or exploiting vulnerabilities to crash services. Options A, B, and D (Zombie, Spoofing, Smurf) are specific techniques or related attacks, but DoS is the general term for the resource unavailability objective.