Users at a company report that a popular news website keeps taking them to a web page with derogatory content. This is an example of which of the following?

The correct answer is B. DNS poisoning. DNS poisoning (also called DNS cache poisoning or DNS spoofing) corrupts the DNS resolver cache so that queries for a legitimate domain return a malicious IP address, redirecting users to an attacker-controlled site. This perfectly describes the scenario where visiting a…

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AEvil twin
BDNS poisoning
CVishing
DSession hijacking

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B
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D
5% (1)

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DNS poisoning (also called DNS cache poisoning or DNS spoofing) corrupts the DNS resolver cache so that queries for a legitimate domain return a malicious IP address, redirecting users to an attacker-controlled site. This perfectly describes the scenario where visiting a legitimate news site leads users to a page with derogatory content. An evil twin (A) is a rogue Wi-Fi access point. Vishing (C) is voice-based phishing. Session hijacking (D) involves taking over an active authenticated session, not redirecting DNS lookups.

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