Which cloud technology attack method could generate crafted packets to cause a cloud application to crash?
- resource exhaustion attack
- account takeover
- metadata service attack
- side-channel attack
Explanation & Hint: Threat actors can launch strategic DoS attacks against applications hosted in the cloud that could lead to resource exhaustion. For example, they can leverage a single-packet DoS vulnerability in network equipment used in cloud environments, or they can leverage tools to generate crafted packets to cause an application to crash. |