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CS0-003 · Question #4

Due to reports of unauthorized activity that was occurring on the internal network, an analyst is performing a network discovery. The analyst runs an Nmap scan against a corporate network to…

The correct answer is E. p4wnp1_aloa.lan (192.168.86.56). The analyst should look at p4wnp1_aloa.lan (192.168.86.56) first, as this is the most suspicious device on the network. P4wnP1 ALOA is a tool that can be used to create a malicious USB device that can perform various attacks, such as keystroke injection, network sniffing…

Submitted by weili_xi· Mar 6, 2026Security and Compliance

Question

Due to reports of unauthorized activity that was occurring on the internal network, an analyst is performing a network discovery. The analyst runs an Nmap scan against a corporate network to evaluate which devices were operating in the environment. Given the following output:

Which of the following choices should the analyst look at first?

Exhibit

CS0-003 question #4 exhibit

Options

  • Awh4dc-748gy.lan (192.168.86.152)
  • Bofficerckuplayer.lan (192.168.86.22)
  • Cimaging.lan (192.168.86.150)
  • Dxlaptop.lan (192.168.86.249)
  • Ep4wnp1_aloa.lan (192.168.86.56)

How the community answered

(57 responses)
  • A
    9% (5)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    4% (2)
  • E
    84% (48)

Explanation

The analyst should look at p4wnp1_aloa.lan (192.168.86.56) first, as this is the most suspicious device on the network. P4wnP1 ALOA is a tool that can be used to create a malicious USB device that can perform various attacks, such as keystroke injection, network sniffing, man-in-the- middle, or backdoor creation. The presence of a device with this name on the network could indicate that an attacker has plugged in a malicious USB device to a system and gained access

Topics

#Network discovery#Nmap#Threat identification#Suspicious devices

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