200-201 Network Intrusion Analysis Practice Question
An analyst analyzing a PCAP sees a series of TCP connections where the client sends data with interactive patterns and receives commands. This is most likely indicative of:
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Reverse shell
A reverse shell provides an interactive command-line session from the victim to the attacker.
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Reverse shell
Why this is correct
Correct. Interactive shell sessions over TCP indicate a reverse shell.
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Web browsing
Why it's wrong here
Web browsing is not interactive in the same way.
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File transfer
Why it's wrong here
File transfers are usually not interactive.
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DNS query
Why it's wrong here
DNS queries are short and not interactive.
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