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Submitted by fatema_kw· Mar 4, 2026

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A cybersecurity analyst is looking into the payload of a random packet capture file that was selected for analysis. The analyst notices that an internal host had a socket established with another internal host over a non-standard port. Upon investigation, the origin host that initiated the socket shows this output: usera@host>history mkdir /local/usr/bin/somedirectory nc -1 192.168.5.1 -p 9856 ping -c 30 8.8.8.8 -a 600 rm /etc/dir2/somefile rm -rm /etc/dir2/ traceroute 8.8.8.8 pakill pid 9487 usera@host> Given the above output, which of the following commands would have established the questionable socket?

Options

  • Atraceroute 8.8.8.8
  • Bping -1 30 8.8.8.8 -a 600
  • Cnc -1 192.168.5.1 -p 9856
  • Dpskill pid 9487

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