CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 Practice Question

During a regular security scan of the network you find that several user laptops are infected with the same malware. After cross-referencing the laptop users with the reverse proxy logs you find that they all accessed a industry news website the day before. You believe your organization may have been specifically targeted for this malware. What type of attack would best describe this theory?

  • Watering hole

  • SYN Flood

  • Spoofing

  • SQL injection

CompTIA Security+ SY0-701
Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Mitigations
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