Your organization is employing multiple security measures to protect against various cyber threats. You have come across findings that suggest a potentially compromised website that is often visited by the research department. Which existing security measure is best suited to investigate whether this scenario is indicative of a sophisticated cyber threat aiming to exploit the site's frequent visitors?
Use the DomainReputationChecker to assess whether the website's trust score indicates a watering-hole compromise.
Deploy the SiteContentValidator to scan the site for embedded malware or unauthorized changes.
Run the SuspiciousAnalysisTool to identify abnormal traffic patterns that could reveal an attack.
Consult the TrafficFilteringGateway logs to see if the site's traffic aligns with a broader campaign.
A DomainReputationChecker evaluates the trustworthiness of websites by consulting threat-intelligence feeds, historical data, and other signals. Because watering-hole attacks rely on legitimate but compromised sites, reputation analysis provides critical insight into whether the domain has been flagged for malicious activity, making it the optimal choice. SuspiciousAnalysisTool can detect network anomalies but is less specialized in website reputation. SiteContentValidator looks for malicious code but may miss broader domain-level indicators. TrafficFilteringGateway controls traffic flow but is not an investigative tool.
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