Question

An attacker is trying to redirect the traffic of a small office. That office is using their own mail server, DNS server and NTP server because of the importance of their job. The attacker gain access to the DNS server and redirect the direction www.google.com to his own IP address. Now when the employees of the office wants to go to Google they are being redirected to the attacker machine. What is the name of this kind of attack?
a. DNS spoofingb. ARP Poisoningc. Smurf Attackd. MAC Flooding

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct option to the following question is option (A) DNS spoofing.

Explanation:

(Domain Name System)DNS spoofing is also known as the Domain Name System Poisoning.

DNS spoofing referred to as the DNS server is the record of 'spoofed' or redirect the traffic. This redirections of the traffic assents the hackers to steal data, spread malware, etc.

DNS works out by using various functions are:

• 'Compromising the DNS server'
• 'DNS cache poisoning'
• 'Implementing the Metropolitan Area Network in Middle Attack'.