GAQM Exam CPEH-001 Topic 7 Question 65 Discussion

Actual exam question for GAQM's CPEH-001 exam

Question #: 65
Topic #: 7

Eric has discovered a fantastic package of tools named Dsniff on the Internet. He has learnt to use these tools in his lab and is now ready for real world exploitation. He was able to effectively intercept communications between the two entities and establish credentials with both sides of the connections. The two remote ends of the communication never notice that Eric is relaying the information between the two. What would you call this attack?

AInterceptor

BMan-in-the-middle

CARP Proxy

DPoisoning Attack

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Suggested Answer: C

by Mitzie at Feb 04, 2023, 04:36 PM

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Annabelle

2 months ago

I'm going with B) Man-in-the-middle. Eric's basically the third wheel in this scenario, except he's not bringing snacks, he's just stealing everyone's login credentials. Smooth move, Eric.

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Marsha

5 days ago

It's a classic attack where the attacker secretly intercepts and possibly alters the communication between two parties.

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Beckie

9 days ago

I agree, he's like a silent observer relaying information without anyone noticing.

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Marcos

1 months ago

Yeah, definitely B) Man-in-the-middle. Eric is sneaky intercepting those communications.

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Wilson

2 months ago

B) Man-in-the-middle is the way to go. Eric's using those Dsniff tools like a ninja, sneaking in between the two entities and intercepting their communications. It's like he's the middleman at a secret spy meeting.

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Javier

2 months ago

I'm going with B) Man-in-the-middle as well. I mean, it's like Eric is the bouncer at a party, checking everyone's credentials and then letting them in. Except, you know, without the party and with a lot more hacking involved.

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Tammara

2 months ago

Definitely B) Man-in-the-middle. Eric is essentially inserting himself into the communication channel and acting as a proxy between the two parties. This is textbook MITM.

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Trina

7 days ago

D) Poisoning Attack

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Bette

9 days ago

C) ARP Proxy

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Hillary

16 days ago

B) Man-in-the-middle

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Lorrie

1 months ago

A) Interceptor

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Brock

2 months ago

I think the correct answer is B) Man-in-the-middle. Eric is intercepting and relaying the communication between the two entities without their knowledge, which is a classic man-in-the-middle attack.

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