Watering Hole Attacks

What type of attack should an attacker use who wants to target websites that a group of end users use on a regular basis?

• Phishing Attack

• Watering Hole Attack

• Tailgating Attack

• Trojan Horse Attack

Who is a watering hole attack directed towards?

• Business owners

• Common users of a website

• System administrators

• IT technicians

What will an attacker develop to trick users during a watering hole attack?

• Virus

• A fake website

• An account

• Trojan Horse Attack

Which type of sites do attackers target for a watering hole attack?

• Social Media Sites

• Industry-related sites

• Magazine sites

• Personal sites

When visitors visit a site used for a watering hole attack, how many users are affected?

• Only the first visitor

• Only the most recent visitor

• The closet visitors geographically

• All visitors

One way to stop a watering hole attack is to

• Use a spam filter

• Use anti-malware software

• Use email filtering software

• Use website filtering software

Before an attacker can exploit a website used by common users, he will

• Shut the website down

• Design a backdoor

• Design a rootkit

• Test for weaknesses

Once the weaknesses of a website are found, an attacker will

• shut the website down

• inject exploit code

• design a rootkit

• get admin access

Which of the following can help defend against a watering hole attack?

• A spam filter

• A firewall

• Duct tape

• TArP code

Which of the following is true regarding a watering hole attack?

• The attacker follows his targets to a specific website

• The attacker waits for his targets to visit a website

• The attacker sends an email to visit a website

• The attacker downloads malware through a USB drive