📝 Denial of service

Q1. What is masquerading in network security?

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: A

Q2. A company notices a sudden surge of HTTP requests that saturate its web server, causing legitimate users to experience timeouts. Which immediate response is most effective for mitigating the denial‑of‑service impact while preserving service for real users?

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: B

Q3. In a sophisticated attack, an adversary first performs a man‑in‑the‑middle interception, then modifies the authentication token before forwarding it to the server, gaining admin privileges. Which layered defense strategy would most effectively detect and block this attack?

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: C