Which DDoS attack uses a highly repetitive, periodic train of packets delivered every 10 minutes?

Which DDoS attack uses a highly repetitive, periodic train of packets delivered every 10 minutes?

• A. Pulse Wave DDoS Attack
• B. Zero-Day DDoS Attack
• C. SYN Flood Attack
• D. Fragmentation Attack

Answer: (A)

Pulse Wave DDoS Attack describes traffic that comes in sharp, repeatable bursts in a regular pattern. The attacker sends a train of packets in pulses, for example every 10 minutes, so the target experiences periodic spikes of load rather than a constant flood. This timing can strain resources during each burst while giving short quiet periods that can make detection harder for some defenses and still exhaust capacity over time. The other concepts don’t match this timing-focused idea. A zero-day DDoS relies on exploiting an unknown vulnerability rather than a scheduled packet pattern. A SYN flood repeatedly floods with TCP connection requests to exhaust the server’s state, but it’s typically a continuous flood rather than a timed, periodic burst. A fragmentation attack manipulates IP packet fragmentation to clog reassembly processes, not to create periodic traffic bursts.

Pulse Wave DDoS Attack describes traffic that comes in sharp, repeatable bursts in a regular pattern. The attacker sends a train of packets in pulses, for example every 10 minutes, so the target experiences periodic spikes of load rather than a constant flood. This timing can strain resources during each burst while giving short quiet periods that can make detection harder for some defenses and still exhaust capacity over time.

The other concepts don’t match this timing-focused idea. A zero-day DDoS relies on exploiting an unknown vulnerability rather than a scheduled packet pattern. A SYN flood repeatedly floods with TCP connection requests to exhaust the server’s state, but it’s typically a continuous flood rather than a timed, periodic burst. A fragmentation attack manipulates IP packet fragmentation to clog reassembly processes, not to create periodic traffic bursts.