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N10-009 · Question #618

Employees report that website requests are being redirected to other websites that display different content than expected. Which of the following attacks is most likely causing this issue?

The correct answer is C. DNS poisoning. This behavior is characteristic of DNS poisoning, in which DNS records are altered so users are redirected to malicious or unexpected websites despite entering legitimate URLs.

Submitted by naveen.iyer· Mar 6, 2026Network Security

Question

Employees report that website requests are being redirected to other websites that display different content than expected. Which of the following attacks is most likely causing this issue?

Options

  • AMAC flooding
  • BARP spoofing
  • CDNS poisoning
  • DVLAN hopping

How the community answered

(54 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    94% (51)

Explanation

This behavior is characteristic of DNS poisoning, in which DNS records are altered so users are redirected to malicious or unexpected websites despite entering legitimate URLs.

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