An attacker deduces that an organization is holding an offsite meeting and has few people in the building, based on the low traffic volume to and from the parking lot, and uses the opportunity breaks into the building to steal laptops. What type of attack has been launched?
A.
Aggregation
B.
Emanations
C.
Inference
D.
Maintenance Hook
Explanation:
Answer C is correct; Inference requires an attacker to fill in the blanks, and deduce sensitive information from public information.Incorrect Answers and Explanations: A, B, and D: Answers A, B, and D are incorrect. Aggregation is a mathematical operation where all questions are asked and all answers are received: there is no deduction required. Emanations are energy broadcast from electronic equipment. Maintenance Hooks are system maintenance backdoors left by vendors.