Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v13) — Question 246

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

The correct answer is A because a brute force attack is primarily aimed at exploiting vulnerabilities rather than detecting honeypots. Options B, C, and D are effective methods for identifying honeypots, as they involve analyzing network behavior or using specialized tools designed for honeypot detection.