https://community.isc2.org/t5/CC-Group/Types-of-Availability-Attacks/m-p/73675#M313 <P>I have just completed <SPAN>Domain 1: Security Principles and there was 1 practice question I got wrong:</SPAN></P><LI-SPOILER><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Winny_0-1725866874774.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.isc2.org/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9031i7AB96369B09EF265/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Winny_0-1725866874774.png" alt="Winny_0-1725866874774.png" /></span><P>&nbsp;</P></LI-SPOILER><P>Understand why Ransomware can be an Availability attack, but can anyone help explain why DDoS is not an Availability attack? From my understanding DOS attacks basically spam a server with traffic to make it crash and prevent availability of data for legitimate users?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thank you very much</P> Mon, 09 Sep 2024 07:29:26 GMT Winny 2024-09-09T07:29:26Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/CC-Group/Types-of-Availability-Attacks/m-p/73675#M313 <P>I have just completed <SPAN>Domain 1: Security Principles and there was 1 practice question I got wrong:</SPAN></P><LI-SPOILER><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Winny_0-1725866874774.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.isc2.org/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9031i7AB96369B09EF265/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Winny_0-1725866874774.png" alt="Winny_0-1725866874774.png" /></span><P>&nbsp;</P></LI-SPOILER><P>Understand why Ransomware can be an Availability attack, but can anyone help explain why DDoS is not an Availability attack? From my understanding DOS attacks basically spam a server with traffic to make it crash and prevent availability of data for legitimate users?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thank you very much</P> Mon, 09 Sep 2024 07:29:26 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/CC-Group/Types-of-Availability-Attacks/m-p/73675#M313 Winny 2024-09-09T07:29:26Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/CC-Group/Types-of-Availability-Attacks/m-p/73681#M314 <P>It's not a fantastic question, but often ISC2 are looking for the most correct answer.&nbsp; In this case ransomware directly targets data, whereas a DDoS overloads infrastructure.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Mon, 09 Sep 2024 11:59:38 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/CC-Group/Types-of-Availability-Attacks/m-p/73681#M314 Steve-Wilme 2024-09-09T11:59:38Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/CC-Group/Types-of-Availability-Attacks/m-p/73767#M315 Thank you so much! Thu, 12 Sep 2024 11:04:08 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/CC-Group/Types-of-Availability-Attacks/m-p/73767#M315 Winny 2024-09-12T11:04:08Z