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An analyst is part of a team that is investigating a potential breach of sensitive data at a large financial services organization. The organization suspects a breach occurred when proprietary data was disclosed to the public. The team finds servers were accessed using shared credentials that have been in place for some time. In addition, the team discovers undocumented firewall rules, which provided unauthorized external access to a server. Suspecting the activities of a malicious insider threat, which of the following was MOST likely to have been utilized to exfiltrate the proprietary data?

  • A. Keylogger
  • B. Botnet
  • C. Crypto-malware
  • D. Backdoor
  • E. Ransomware
  • F. DLP
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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️

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hlwo
Highly Voted 4 years, 7 months ago
Key word "have been in place for some time"
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PQwesi
Most Recent 4 years, 1 month ago
Most definitely not A-Keylogger This scenario doesn't suggest the activity of a Botnet either so not B No files have been encrypted so not C or E F is only tricky but not F Provided answer is correct. D - Backdoor
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Funkydave
4 years ago
F is not tricky, DLP would have alerted to and possibly stopped this from happening.
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Voltron8477
4 years, 2 months ago
So is the answer D?
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Okponglo007
4 years, 2 months ago
D is definitely the answer as the info given in the question is asking what was used to exfiltrate data.
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exiledwl
4 years, 4 months ago
Keyword: asking what was used to EXFILTRATE data
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