A Document That Appears to Be Malicious Has Been Discovered

question 74

Multiple Choice

A document that appears to be malicious has been discovered in an email that was sent to a company's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) . Which of the following would be BEST to allow a security analyst to gather information and confirm it is a malicious document without executing any code it may contain?

• A) Open the document on an air-gapped network.
• B) View the document's metadata for origin clues.
• C) Search for matching file hashes on malware websites.
• D) Detonate the document in an analysis sandbox.

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