Describe the difference between direct and indirect attacks.

What will be an ideal response?

A direct attack is when a hacker uses a personal computer to break into a system. An indirect attack is when a system is compromised and used to attack other systems, such as in a botnet (a collection of software programs that operate autonomously to attack systems and steal user information) or other distributed denial-of-service attack. Direct attacks originate from the threat itself. Indirect attacks originate from a system or resource that itself has been attacked and is malfunctioning or working under the control of a threat.