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What type of attack would this beattempting to thwart?

John has been told that he needs to implement host IDS software to ensure thatthe hosts files on systems are not modified. What type of attack would this beattempting to thwart?

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A.
Phishing

B.
Wardialing

C.
Pharming

D.
Dictionary

Explanation:
Pharming is a hacker’s attack aiming to redirect a website’s traffic toanother, bogus website. Pharming can be conducted either by changing the hosts fileon a victim’s computer or by exploitation of a vulnerability in DNS server software.

One Comment on “What type of attack would this beattempting to thwart?

  1. Wayne says:

    Wouldn’t this answer be dictionary or D.
    The dictionary is stored on a server, DNS, Authentications Server, etc.
    IIS or Webserver is just one file aren’t we looking for more to this with this questions.




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