Which two techniques are used in a smurf attack? (Choose two.)

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Which two techniques are used in a smurf attack? (Choose two.)

  • session hijacking
  • resource exhaustion
  • botnets
  • amplification
  • reflection

Explanation: A smurf attack uses amplification and reflection techniques to overwhelm a targeted host. The threat actor forwards ICMP echo request messages that contain the source IP address of the victim to a large number of hosts. These hosts all reply to the spoofed IP address of the victim with the intent of overwhelming it.

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