200-201 Network Intrusion Analysis Practice Question
An analyst receives an alert for 'ET WEB_SERVER Possible SQL Injection Attempt' triggered by a URL parameter containing ' OR 1=1--'. After investigating, the analyst confirms that the web application is not vulnerable to SQL injection and the request was a benign test. How should this alert be classified?
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False positive
The alert triggered but there was no actual attack, so it is a false positive.
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False positive
Why this is correct
The alert triggered but no attack occurred, so false positive.
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True negative
Why it's wrong here
True negative means no alert for no attack; here an alert triggered.
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False negative
Why it's wrong here
False negative means an attack missed; here no attack occurred.
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True positive
Why it's wrong here
True positive means a real attack, but here there is no vulnerability.
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