An employee from the accounting department logs in to the website used for processing the company's payments. After logging in, a new desktop application automatically downloads on the employee's…

The correct answer is B. Watering hole. A watering hole attack compromises a legitimate website frequently visited by the target, embedding malicious code that delivers malware, such as the unauthorized desktop application downloaded after the employee logged in.

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Question

An employee from the accounting department logs in to the website used for processing the company's payments. After logging in, a new desktop application automatically downloads on the employee's computer and causes the computer to restart. Which of the following attacks has occurred?

Options

AXSS
BWatering hole
CTyposquatting
DBuffer overflow

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A
12% (4)
B
79% (27)
C
6% (2)
D
3% (1)

Explanation

A watering hole attack compromises a legitimate website frequently visited by the target, embedding malicious code that delivers malware, such as the unauthorized desktop application downloaded after the employee logged in.

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