A user is connecting to the Internet at an airport through an ad-hoc connection. Which of the following is the
MOST likely security threat?
A.
Man-in-the-middle
B.
Social engineering
C.
Phishing
D.
DoS
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man-in-the-middle attack is a form of active eavesdropping in which the attacker makes independent connections with the victims and relays messages between them, making them believe that they are talking directly to each other over a private connection, when in fact the entire conversation is controlled by the attacker.
The attacker must be able to intercept all messages going between the two victims and inject new ones, which is straightforward in many circumstances (for example, an attacker within reception range of an unencrypted Wi-Fi wireless access point, can insert himself as a man-in-the-middle).
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social engineering is when people try to get information out of another people so they can access the network
phishing- act of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.
DoS- attempt to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users.
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