IT Security: Defense against the digital dark arts latest 2022 graded A+

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IT Security: Defense against the digital dark arts latest 2022 graded A+ What are the dangers of a man-in-the-middle attack? Check all that apply. ✔✔An attacker can modify traffic in transit A... n attacker can eavesdrop on unencrypted traffic An attacker can redirect or block traffic Why is a DNS cache poisoning attack dangerous? Check all that apply. ✔✔It affects any clients querying the poisoned DNS servers It allows an attacker to redirect target to malicious webservers Which of the following is true of a DDoS attack? ✔✔Attack traffic comes from lots of different hosts Which of the following result from a denial-of-service attack? Check all that apply. ✔✔Slow network performance Service unreachable. A denial-of-service attack is meant to prevent legitimate traffic from reaching a service. This is usually done by flooding the victim with attack traffic, degrading network and system performance, and rendering services unreachable. [Show More]

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