Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Practice Question

The defining element of an advanced persistent threat is persistence toward a strategic objective. Extended, covert residence in the victim network-often to conduct espionage that supports national or long-term goals-distinguishes APT groups from opportunistic criminals. While spear-phishing, domain registration, or the use of known exploits can appear in many attacks, and rapid ransomware deployment actually contradicts the notion of stealth, evidence of months-long, low-profile access to steal data aligned with state interests is the hallmark of an APT operation.