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CPEH-001 · Question #121

Sam is working as s pen-tester in an organization in Houston. He performs penetration testing on IDS in order to find the different ways an attacker uses to evade the IDS. Sam sends a large amount…

The correct answer is B. False Positive Generation. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

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Sam is working as s pen-tester in an organization in Houston. He performs penetration testing on IDS in order to find the different ways an attacker uses to evade the IDS. Sam sends a large amount of packets to the target IDS that generates alerts, which enable Sam to hide the real traffic. What type of method is Sam using to evade IDS?

Options

  • ADenial-of-Service
  • BFalse Positive Generation
  • CInsertion Attack
  • DObfuscating

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