350-701 Security Concepts Practice Question
An attacker intercepts traffic between a client and server using ARP spoofing. Which type of attack is this?
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Why each option matters
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Man-in-the-middle
ARP spoofing allows an attacker to intercept traffic, enabling man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks.
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Session hijacking
Why it's wrong here
Session hijacking is a subset of MITM, but the general attack is MITM.
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DNS poisoning
Why it's wrong here
DNS poisoning corrupts DNS resolution, not ARP.
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Man-in-the-middle
Why this is correct
Correct answer. ARP spoofing is a common MITM technique.
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Denial of Service
Why it's wrong here
While ARP spoofing can be used in DoS, the primary goal here is interception.
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