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JK0-018 · Question #279

A user has unknowingly gone to a fraudulent site. The security analyst notices the following system change on the user's host: Old hosts' file: 127.0.0.1 localhost New hosts' file: 127.0.0.1…

The correct answer is B. Pharming. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

A user has unknowingly gone to a fraudulent site. The security analyst notices the following system change on the user's host:

Old `hosts' file:

127.0.0.1 localhost New `hosts' file:

127.0.0.1 localhost Which of the following attacks has taken place?

Options

  • ASpear phishing
  • BPharming
  • CPhishing
  • DVishing

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  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    85% (28)
  • C
    9% (3)
  • D
    3% (1)

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