A Security Analyst Is Reviewing Packet Captures from a System

question 55

Multiple Choice

A security analyst is reviewing packet captures from a system that was compromised. The system was already isolated from the network, but it did have network access for a few hours after being compromised. When viewing the capture in a packet analyzer, the analyst sees the following: Which of the following can the analyst conclude?

• A) Malware is attempting to beacon to 128.50.100.3.
• B) The system is running a DoS attack against ajgidwle.com.
• C) The system is scanning ajgidwle.com for PII.
• D) Data is being exfiltrated over DNS.

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