Question

Which of the following is not a web server attack type?

(a) DOS attack

(b) Website Defacement using SQLi

(c) Directory Traversal

(d) Password guessing

I had been asked this question in an internship interview.

My question is taken from Web Server Attacks in chapter Understanding Attack Vectors of Cyber Security

Answer 1

Correct choice is (d) Password guessing

To elaborate: The web servers are actually computers running that makes us available & accessible files (web pages) through the internet. Different web server attack types are through DOS attack, website defacement using SQLi and directory traversal.