Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v12) — Question 131

As a part of an ethical hacking exercise, an attacker is probing a target network that is suspected to employ various honeypot systems for security. The attacker needs to detect and bypass these honeypots without alerting the target. The attacker decides to utilize a suite of techniques. Which of the following techniques would NOT assist in detecting a honeypot?

Answer options

• A. Implementing a brute force attack to verify system vulnerability
• B. Probing system services and observing the three-way handshake
• C. Using honeypot detection tools like Send-Safe Honeypot Hunter
• D. Analyzing the MAC address to detect instances running on VMware

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Option A is correct because a brute force attack focuses on exploiting system vulnerabilities rather than detecting honeypots. The other options involve techniques that help identify the presence of honeypots, such as analyzing network behavior or using specialized detection tools.