Which cyber attack involves a coordinated attack from a botnet of zombie computers?

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Which cyber attack involves a coordinated attack from a botnet of zombie computers?

  • ICMP redirect
  • MITM
  • DDoS
  • address spoofing

Explanation: DDoS is a distributed denial-of-services attack. A DDoS attack is launched from multiple coordinated sources. The sources of the attack are zombie hosts that the cybercriminal has built into a botnet. When ready, the cybercriminal instructs the botnet of zombies to attack the chosen target.

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