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Network Security Attack Classification Quiz

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Which of the following is NOT a type of security attack?

Eavesdropping attack

Man-in-the-middle attack

Integrity checking mechanism (correct)

Denial of service attack

What is the primary goal of a man-in-the-middle attack?

To intercept and alter communication between two parties (correct)

To gain unauthorized access to a system

To overload a system with requests, causing it to crash

To deny access to a resource

Which of the following attacks is designed to make a system or network unavailable to legitimate users?

Phishing attack

SQL injection attack

Denial of service (DoS) attack (correct)

Brute force attack

What is the primary goal of a social engineering attack?

To manipulate people into revealing sensitive information Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following attacks involves an attacker attempting to gain unauthorized access to a system by guessing usernames and passwords?

Brute force attack Signup and view all the answers

What type of attack is designed to exploit vulnerabilities in web applications and potentially gain access to sensitive data in a database?

SQL injection attack Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following attacks involves an attacker impersonating a legitimate entity to trick users into revealing sensitive information?

Phishing attack Signup and view all the answers

What type of attack involves an attacker compromising a large number of systems and using them to launch a coordinated attack on a target system or network?

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following attacks involves an attacker intercepting and altering communication between two parties?

Man-in-the-middle attack Signup and view all the answers

What type of attack is designed to exploit vulnerabilities in software or systems by sending malformed or unexpected input?

Buffer overflow attack Signup and view all the answers