Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v11) — Question 341

Mason, a professional hacker, targets an organization and spreads Emotet malware through malicious script. After infecting the victim's device, Mason further used Emotet to spread the infection across local networks and beyond to compromise as many machines as possible. In this process, he used a tool, which is a self-extracting RAR file, to retrieve information related to network resources such as writable share drives.
What is the tool employed by Mason in the above scenario?

Answer options

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D, Credential enumerator, as it is designed to collect credentials from various sources within a network environment. The other options, while related to password recovery or data extraction, do not specifically focus on enumerating network credentials in the manner described in the scenario.