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312-50V11 · Question #854

Morris, a professional hacker, performed a vulnerability scan on a target organization by sniffing the traffic on the network lo identify the active systems, network services, applications, and vulner

The correct answer is B. Passive assessment. Passive Assessment Passive assessments sniff the traffic present on the network to identify the active systems, network services, applications, and vulnerabilities. Passive assessments also provide a list of the users who are currently accessing the network.

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Question

Morris, a professional hacker, performed a vulnerability scan on a target organization by sniffing the traffic on the network lo identify the active systems, network services, applications, and vulnerabilities. He also obtained the list of the users who are currently accessing the network. What is the type of vulnerability assessment that Morris performed on the target organization?

Options

  • Ainternal assessment
  • BPassive assessment
  • CExternal assessment
  • DCredentialed assessment

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • A
    11% (3)
  • B
    81% (22)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    4% (1)

Explanation

Passive Assessment Passive assessments sniff the traffic present on the network to identify the active systems, network services, applications, and vulnerabilities. Passive assessments also provide a list of the users who are currently accessing the network.

Topics

#passive assessment#traffic sniffing#vulnerability scanning#network monitoring

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