Question

which among the following is an active attack? user impression ,eavesdropping on networktraffic, accessing restricted data,release of message content

Answer 1

Denial-of-service (DoS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

Man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack.

Phishing and spear phishing attacks.

Drive-by attack.

Password attack.

SQL injection attack.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.

Eavesdropping attack.

Answer 2

‘Release of message content’ is an active attack

Explanation:

• An ‘active attack’ on a system is one in which ‘the attacker alters the communication’. The attacker can ‘build, forge, change, replace, block or reroute messages’.  
• An 'active attack' is a 'network' vulnerability in which the ‘hacker attempts to make changes’ to the ‘target device or data’ on the way to the target.
• An ‘active attack’ tries to ‘change system resources’ or ‘affect their operations’. The active attack requires any alteration of the 'data stream' or the production of false statements.

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