A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack
A) is more intensive that a Dos attack because it emanates from single source
B) may take the form of either a SYN flood or smurf attack
C) is so named because it effects many victims simultaneously, which are distributed across the internet
D) turns the target victim's computers into zombies that are unable to access the Internet

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A DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack can indeed take various forms, including a SYN flood, which overwhelms a target's system by initiating a connection request but not completing it, and a smurf attack, which involves sending spoofed ping messages to network broadcast addresses from a fake source address, which is the target's address. These methods are used to flood the target with traffic, making it a correct representation of a form of DDoS attack.

A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack