Security+ Question of the Week: Wrong Name or Address

What type of questionable or potentially unethical activity captures traffic when the users enter the wrong name or address for an Internet site or service?

A. Pharming
B. Watering hole attack
C. Rainbow tables
D. Typosquatting

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is D.

Pharming steala Internet traffic typically through some form of DNS poisoning. A watering hole attack is a means to infect a group with malware by planting it at a commonly visited location. Rainbow tables is a pre-crafted database of passwords and their hashes used to quickly crack a password from an obtained password hash. However, rainbow tables are limited by the hash algorithm used and the length and complexity of the passwords. Most rainbow tables have a relatively limited use due the fact that the database grows exponentially as the length of the password increases.

The correct answer, typosquatting, captures traffic when users enter the wrong name or address for an Internet site or service.

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