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Submitted by sofia.br· Mar 5, 2026Communication and Network Security
Question
An organization allows ping traffic into and out of their network. An attacker has installed a program on the network that uses the payload portion of the ping packet to move data into and out of the network. What type of attack has the organization experienced?
Options
- AData leakage
- BUnfiltered channel
- CData emanation
- DCovert channel
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Topics
#covert channel#ICMP tunneling#network attacks#data exfiltration