Why is a DDoS attack often more difficult to mitigate than a DoS attack?

Because it uses encryption to hide the attack traffic

Because it originates from many different IP addresses, making it harder to block

Because it targets the application layer, which is harder to protect

Because it uses a zero-day vulnerability

What is the primary target of a whaling attack?

Customers of a financial institution

Senior executives or high-ranking officials

Low-level employees in an organization

IT administrators responsible for network security

Which characteristic is most indicative of a spear phishing attack?

The message claims the recipient has won a lottery

The message is sent to thousands of random email addresses

The message includes the recipient's name, job title, and references to recent projects

The message is sent via a phone call from an automated system

What is the defining characteristic of a trojan?

It disguises itself as a legitimate program to trick users into installing it

It replicates itself to spread across networks

It hides its presence by modifying the operating system

It encrypts files and demands a ransom

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A security analyst is investigating a situation where users who type a legitimate banking website's URL are redirected to a fraudulent site that displays a fake login page. The analyst finds that the users' DNS resolvers are returning incorrect IP addresses for the banking domain. Which type of attack is being described?
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