Question

You are a network security administrator for a bank and you have noticed that an attacker has exploited a flaw in OpenSSL and forced connections to move to a weak cipher which the attacker can breach. What type of attack is this?

Answer 1

Answer: downgrade attack

Explanation: A downgrade attack or version rollback attack is a form of cryptographic attack on a computer system or communications protocol that makes it abandon a high-quality mode of operation in favor of an older, lower-quality mode of operation that is typically provided for backward compatibility with older systems.