ISC Exam Questions

What type of wiretapping involves injecting something into the communications?

What type of wiretapping involves injecting something into the communications?

A.
Aggressive

B.
Captive

C.
Passive

D.
Active

Explanation:
Most communications are vulnerable to some type of wiretapping or eavesdropping. It can usually
be done undetected and is referred to as a passive attack versus an active attack. – Shon Harris All-inone CISSP Certification Guide pg 649 “(I) An attack that intercepts and accesses data and other
information contained in a flow in a communication system. (C) Although the term originally
referred to making a mechanical connection to an electrical conductor that links two nodes, it is now
used to refer to reading information from any sort of medium used for a link or even directly from a
node, such as gateway or subnetwork switch. (C) “Active wiretapping” attempts to alter the data or
otherwise affect the flow; “passive wiretapping” only attempts to observe the flow and gain

knowledge of information it contains. (See: active attack, end-to-end encryption, passive attack.)”
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