🛡 DoS Attack Simulation (Cybersecurity Project)

📌 Overview

This project demonstrates a Denial of Service (DoS) attack in a controlled virtual lab environment using Kali Linux and Metasploitable2.

🎯 Objectives

• Understand DoS attack concept
• Simulate ICMP flooding attack
• Analyze traffic using Wireshark

🛠 Tools Used

• Kali Linux
• Metasploitable2
• Wireshark
• VMware Workstation
• hping3

⚙ Setup

• Two virtual machines connected in same network
• Kali Linux (Attacker)
• Metasploitable2 (Target)

🚀 Execution

• Identified target IP using ifconfig
• Captured traffic using Wireshark
• Performed ICMP flood attack using hping3

📊 Results

• High ICMP traffic observed
• Packet loss reached ~100%
• Target system slowed down

📷 Screenshots

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📄 Report

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⚠ Ethical Note

This project is for educational purposes only. Do not misuse.