20 May Practice Test Question- Network Attacks
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Marty is the web administrator for the Memphis Belle Casino. He hosts the company’s website at memphisbelle.com. He recently discovered that a competitor registered the domain names memphisbell.com, memphisbellecasino.com, and thememphisbelle.com. What type of attack has taken place?
A. DNS Poisoning
B. Typosquatting
C. DNS Hijacking
D. Domain Hijacking
Correct Answer: B
The attacker is not altering any of Marty’s DNS records, so this is not a DNS hijacking or poisoning attack. They are also not stealing a domain that Marty already registered so it is not a domain hijacking attack.This is an example of a typosquatting attack, where the attacker registers domain names that are common typos of a legitimate domain.
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