On an unsecured public network, an attacker quietly sits between two p…

Question

On an unsecured public network, an attacker quietly sits between two parties and intercepts their traffic. That attack is:

Accepted Answer

A. Middle listener

1. Two parties think they talk directly.
2. Data is stolen in transit.
3. It is the middle listener attack.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Computer Science, Chapter 14, Cyber Resources Qualities and Cyber Computing Governance._

Answer

Password spray

Answer

Brute forcing

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Buffer overflow

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