Passive Attack

Question 1

are like eavesdropping or monitoring transmissions. The goal of the attacker is to obtain information that is being transmitted.

Answer 1

Passive attacks

Question 2

Two types of passive attacks are:

Answer 2

• Release of message contents
• Traffic analysis

Question 3

In this type, an attacker will monitor an unprotected communication medium like unencrypted email or telephone call and intercept it for sensitive information

Answer 3

Release of message contents

Question 4

In this type, an attacker monitors communication channels to collect a range of information, including human and machine identities, location of these identities, and types of encryption used, if applicable

Answer 4

Traffic analysis

Question 5

are very difficult to detect because they do not involve any alteration of data

Answer 5

Passive attacks

Question 6

The best way to prevent a passive attack is by …

Answer 6

using strong network encryption methods