CompTIA Exam Questions

What kind of attack is he talking about?

You are working as a technician at Certkiller .com. Your boss has heard of attacks that takes
control of a session between a server and a client. What kind of attack is he talking about?

A.
session hijacking

B.
malicious software

C.
DDOS attack

D.
Smurf attack

Explanation:
The term Session Hijacking refers to the exploitation of a valid computer session – sometimes also
called a session key – to gain unauthorized access to information or services in a computer
system. In particular, it is used to refer to the theft of a magic cookie used to authenticate a user to
a remote server.