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You are the security analyst working for a private company out of France. Your current assignment is to obtain credit card information from a Swiss bank owned by that company. After initial…
The correct answer is C. Ettercap. Ettercap is a comprehensive, open-source suite designed for man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks and network sniffing. It can intercept and dissect a wide range of protocols including FTP, which transmits credentials in cleartext. Ettercap supports active and passive dissection of…
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You are the security analyst working for a private company out of France. Your current assignment is to obtain credit card information from a Swiss bank owned by that company. After initial reconnaissance, you discover that the bank security defenses are very strong and would take too long to penetrate. You decide to get the information by monitoring the traffic between the bank and one of its subsidiaries in London. After monitoring some of the traffic, you see a lot of FTP packets traveling back and forth. You want to sniff the traffic and extract usernames and passwords. What tool could you use to get this information?
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- ASnort
- BAirsnort
- CEttercap
- DRaidSniff
How the community answered
(45 responses)- A4% (2)
- B7% (3)
- C87% (39)
- D2% (1)
Explanation
Ettercap is a comprehensive, open-source suite designed for man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks and network sniffing. It can intercept and dissect a wide range of protocols including FTP, which transmits credentials in cleartext. Ettercap supports active and passive dissection of many protocols and includes features for password harvesting. Snort is an intrusion detection/prevention system (not designed for credential harvesting), Airsnort is specific to cracking WEP wireless keys, and RaidSniff is not a widely recognized security tool. Ettercap is the standard choice for this type of credential-sniffing scenario.
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