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SSCP · Question #1294
Sandra has used Ethereal, a packet sniffer, to listen in on network transmissions. She has captured several passwords. What type of attack has been performed on her network?
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Submitted by suresh_in· Apr 18, 2026Network and Communications Security
Question
Sandra has used Ethereal, a packet sniffer, to listen in on network transmissions. She has captured several passwords. What type of attack has been performed on her network?
Options
- AAn active attack
- BA man-the-middle attack
- CA session hijacking
- DA privilege escalation attack
- EAn illicit server attack
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Topics
#Packet sniffing#Man-in-the-middle#Credential theft#Network attacks