You are trying to break into a highly classified top-secret mainframe computer with highest security
system in place at Merclyn Barley Bank located in Los Angeles. You know that conventional
hacking doesn’t work in this case, because organizations such as banks are generally tight and
secure when it comes to protecting their systems. In other words you are trying to penetrate an
otherwise impenetrable system. How would you proceed?
A.
Look for “zero-day” exploits at various underground hacker websites in Russia and China and
buy the necessary exploits from these hackers and target the bank’s network
B.
Try to hang around the local pubs or restaurants near the bank,get talking to a poorly-paid or
disgruntled employee,and offer them money if they’ll abuse their access privileges by providing
you with sensitive information
C.
Launch DDOS attacks against Merclyn Barley Bank’s routers and firewall systems using
100,000 or more “zombies” and “bots”
D.
Try to conduct Man-in-the-Middle (MiTM) attack and divert the network traffic going to the
Merclyn Barley Bank’s Webserver to that of your machine using DNS Cache Poisoning techniques