Exam N10-008 Topic 1 Question 257 Discussion

Actual exam question for CompTIA's N10-008 exam
Question #: 257
Topic #: 1
Given the following output:

Which of the following attacks is this MOST likely an example of?

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Explanation
The output is most likely an example of an ARP poisoning attack. ARP poisoning, also known as ARP spoofing, is a type of attack that exploits the ARP protocol to associate a malicious device's MAC address with a legitimate IP address on a local area network. This allows the attacker to intercept, modify, or redirect network traffic between two devices without their knowledge. The output shows that there are multiple entries for the same IP address (192.168.1.1) with different MAC addresses in the ARP cache of the device. This indicates that an attacker has sent fake ARP replies to trick the device into believing that its MAC address is associated with the IP address of another device (such as the default gateway). References:
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/security-center/arp-spoofing.html

by Cash at Nov 08, 2023, 09:04 PM

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