A Penetration Tester Has Successfully Deployed an Evil Twin and Is

question 150

Multiple Choice

A penetration tester has successfully deployed an evil twin and is starting to see some victim traffic. The next step the penetration tester wants to take is to capture all the victim web traffic unencrypted. Which of the following would BEST meet this goal?

• A) Perform an HTTP downgrade attack.
• B) Harvest the user credentials to decrypt traffic.
• C) Perform an MITM attack.
• D) Implement a CA attack by impersonating trusted CAs.

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Definitions:

Maximizing Profits

The process of increasing the difference between revenue and costs to achieve the highest possible financial gain.

Economic Profit

The surplus remaining after total costs are subtracted from total revenue, considering both explicit and implicit costs.

Zero Profit

A situation where a firm's total revenues are exactly equal to its total costs, leading to no net gain or loss.

Breaking Even

The situation in which a firm is earning exactly a normal rate of return.