Security+ Question of the Week: Website Redirect

October 1, 2014 Guest Authors Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

What type of attack aims at redirecting traffic intended for a legitimate website to an illegitimate website?

A. Phishing
B. Pharming
C. Fraggle
D. SQL injection

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is B.

Domain: 3.2. Pharming harvests a website’s traffic in order to direct towards an alternate, often malicious, website.

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