EC-Council
412-79V9 · Question #35
412-79V9 Question #35: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is D. Social engineering and spear phishing attacks to install malicious programs on the target machine. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
Attackers create secret accounts and gain illegal access to resources using backdoor while bypassing the authentication procedures. Creating a backdoor is a where an attacker obtains remote access to a computer on a network. Which of the following techniques do attackers use to create backdoors to covertly gather critical information about a target machine?
Options
- AInternal network mapping to map the internal network of the target machine
- BPort scanning to determine what ports are open or in use on the target machine
- CSniffing to monitor all the incoming and outgoing network traffic
- DSocial engineering and spear phishing attacks to install malicious programs on the target machine
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