Scenario:

An attacker intercepts and alters communications between a client and server over an unsecure network.

What type of attack is this?

• Man-in-the-Middle (MITM)

• DDoS

• Phishing

• SQL Injection

Scenario:

An attacker floods a network with excessive traffic from multiple sources to overwhelm and incapacitate network resources.

What type of attack is this?

• Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)

• Spoofing

• SQL Injection

• Buffer Overflow

Scenario:

A hacker exploits a weakness in a network protocol to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data being transferred between two devices.

What attack is this?

• ARP Spoofing

• DNS Spoofing

• Man-in-the-Middle Attack

• Phishing

Scenario:

A network is compromised by an attacker using a tool to send a massive number of authentication requests in a short time, attempting to guess login credentials.

What type of attack is this?

• Brute Force Attack

• Phishing

• Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

• Keylogging

Scenario:

An attacker sends fake Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) messages to redirect traffic on a local network.

What is this attack called?

• DNS Spoofing

• ARP Poisoning

• MITM Attack

• Phishing

Scenario:

An attacker tries to exhaust the available connections to a server by sending numerous incomplete connection requests.

What type of attack is this?

• DDoS SYN Flood

• SQL Injection

• Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

• Ransomware

Scenario:

A hacker exploits an unpatched vulnerability in a router, gaining administrative access to the device and manipulating its configurations, before the administrator can fix it.

What type of attack is this?

• Brute Force Attack

• Zero-Day Attack

• Ransomware

• Phishing

Scenario:

An attacker takes over a legitimate user's session after intercepting their session cookie.

What attack is this?

• Session Hijacking

• Phishing

• DNS Spoofing

• Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Scenario:

A hacker compromises a router's DNS settings, redirecting users to malicious websites instead of legitimate ones.

What type of attack is this?

• DNS Spoofing

• Man-in-the-Middle (MITM)

• IP Spoofing

• DoS

Scenario:

An attacker floods a network with unnecessary data packets, forcing it to slow down or crash.

What type of attack is this?

• Ping of Death

• SQL Injection

• Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

• Phishing