Which attack form either exploits a software flaw or floods a system with traffic in order to prevent legitimate activities or transactions from occurring?

Denial of service attack.

Explanation:

In Cybersecurity, vulnerability can be defined as any weakness, flaw or defect found in a software application or network and are exploitable by an attacker or hacker to gain an unauthorized access or privileges to sensitive data in a computer system.

This ultimately implies that, vulnerability in a network avail attackers or any threat agent the opportunity to leverage on the flaws, errors, weaknesses or defects found in order to compromise the security of the network.

Data theft can be defined as a cyber attack which typically involves an unauthorized access to a user's data with the sole intention to use for fraudulent purposes or illegal operations. There are several methods used by cyber criminals or hackers to obtain user data and these includes DDOS attack, SQL injection, man in the middle, phishing, sniffing, DOS attack, etc.

A denial of service (DOS) attack is a form of cyber attack that involves either the exploitation of a software flaw or overwhelmingly floods a computer system in a network with traffic in order to prevent authorized users from performing legitimate activities or transactions.

Some of the ways to prevent vulnerability or cyber attacks in a network are;

1. Ensure you use a very strong password with complexity through the use of alphanumerics.

2. You should use a two-way authentication service.

3. You should use encrypting software applications or services.