CS0-003 · Question #577
A user reports a message as suspicious to the IT security team. An analyst reviews the message and notices that the following text string becomes a hyperlink in an email…
The correct answer is B. The text is encoded and designed to bypass spam filters. manner is a common obfuscation technique used by attackers to bypass spam filters and detection mechanisms while still redirecting users to malicious or legitimate-looking domains.
Question
A user reports a message as suspicious to the IT security team. An analyst reviews the message and notices that the following text string becomes a hyperlink in an email:
%77%77%77%2e%63%6f%6d%70%74%69%61%2e%63%6f%6d Which of the following would most likely explain this behavior?
Options
- AThe string contains obfuscated JavaScript shellcode
- BThe text is encoded and designed to bypass spam filters.
- CThe email client has a parsing error elsewhere in the message.
- DThe sandboxed PC used for testing has non-default configurations.
How the community answered
(20 responses)- A5% (1)
- B60% (12)
- C15% (3)
- D20% (4)
Explanation
manner is a common obfuscation technique used by attackers to bypass spam filters and detection mechanisms while still redirecting users to malicious or legitimate-looking domains.
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