A systems administrator is reviewing the VPN logs and notices that during non-working hours a user is accessing the company file server and information is being transferred to a suspicious IP…

Question

Options

• ATyposquatting
• BRoot or trust
• CData exfiltration
• DBlackmail

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  7% (3)
• C
  88% (37)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

Data exfiltration (C) is correct because the scenario describes the classic pattern: unauthorized access during off-hours combined with outbound data transfer to an unknown external IP - this is the definition of data being stolen from the organization.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Typosquatting - a social engineering technique where attackers register misspelled domain names to trick users into visiting fake sites; it has nothing to do with file server access or data transfer.
• B. Root or trust - not a standard threat category in this context; "trust" attacks relate to exploiting certificate or domain trust relationships, not VPN log anomalies.
• D. Blackmail - a potential consequence of a breach, but blackmail itself is not a technical threat observed in network logs; the logs show the data leaving, not a ransom demand.

Memory tip: Think of "exfiltration" as data fleeing the building - the prefix ex- means "out of." Whenever an exam question mentions data moving from internal systems to an external/unknown destination, that's your exfiltration signal.

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