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Which of the following is an example of passive online attack?(a) Phishing(b) Social Engineering(c) Spamming(d) Wire sniffingThe question was asked in semester exam.Query is from Password Cracking and Security Measures in portion Cyber Security Types of Cyber Security

Answer» CORRECT choice is (d) WIRE SNIFFING

The explanation: ATTACKER do not contact with an authorized party to steal the password in the passive online attack, rather the attacker attempts to grab password HACKING without communicating with the victim or his/her victim account. Examples of passive online attacks include wire sniffing, Man in the middle attack and reply attack.


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