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Which of the following is NOT a type of security attack?
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?
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?
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?
What is the primary goal of a social engineering attack?
Which of the following attacks involves an attacker attempting to gain unauthorized access to a system by guessing usernames and passwords?
Which of the following attacks involves an attacker attempting to gain unauthorized access to a system by guessing usernames and passwords?
What type of attack is designed to exploit vulnerabilities in web applications and potentially gain access to sensitive data in a database?
What type of attack is designed to exploit vulnerabilities in web applications and potentially gain access to sensitive data in a database?
Which of the following attacks involves an attacker impersonating a legitimate entity to trick users into revealing sensitive information?
Which of the following attacks involves an attacker impersonating a legitimate entity to trick users into revealing sensitive information?
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?
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?
Which of the following attacks involves an attacker intercepting and altering communication between two parties?
Which of the following attacks involves an attacker intercepting and altering communication between two parties?
What type of attack is designed to exploit vulnerabilities in software or systems by sending malformed or unexpected input?
What type of attack is designed to exploit vulnerabilities in software or systems by sending malformed or unexpected input?
