Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v11) — Question 354

Attacker Simon targeted the communication network of an organization and disabled the security controls of NetNTLMv1 by modifying the values of
LMCompatibilityLevel, NTLMMinClientSec, and RestrictSendingNTLMTraffic. He then extracted all the non-network logon tokens from all the active processes to masquerade as a legitimate user to launch further attacks.
What is the type of attack performed by Simon?

Answer options

• A. Combinator attack
• B. Dictionary attack
• C. Rainbow table attack
• D. Internal monologue attack

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D, Internal monologue attack, which refers to an attack where the attacker exploits internal processes to gain unauthorized access. The other options, such as Combinator, Dictionary, and Rainbow table attacks, typically involve different methods of cracking passwords or accessing data rather than manipulating internal processes.