A penetration tester is contracted to attack an oil rig network to look for vulnerabilities. While conducting the assessment, the support organization of the rig reported issues connecting to corporate applications and upstream services for data acquisitions. Which of the following is the MOST likely culprit?
Bandwidth limitations are the most likely culprit because penetration testing activities can generate significant network traffic, including scanning, exploitation attempts, and data collection. This increased traffic can consume the available bandwidth, causing connectivity issues to corporate applications and upstream services, particularly in environments with limited network capacity. This aligns with the reported issues and is a common occurrence during extensive network testing.
It states during the testing it occurred. It doesn't indicate to mean that exploited anything. Both ingress and egress traffic were affected which means to me that bandwidth was an issue.
Agreed.
I think a DDOS is a Vulnerability (bandwidth) its working
D is the answer yes
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In the context of a penetration test being performed on an oil rig network, and considering the symptoms reported (issues connecting to corporate applications and upstream services for data acquisitions), the MOST likely culprit would be: B. Successful exploits Explanation: Penetration testing is an activity where security professionals actively try to exploit vulnerabilities in a system to identify weaknesses. If the penetration tester has successfully exploited vulnerabilities within the network, this could lead to disruption in connectivity and access to applications and services, which aligns with the reported issues. Other options don't align as closely with the scenario.
D is correct
B. Successful exploits. If the support organization was able to connect to the corporate applications and upstream services before the assessment, the most likely culprit of the issues they are experiencing is a successful exploit by the penetration tester.
Bandwidth Limit is the answer
B. Successful exploits. It is possible that the penetration tester successfully exploited a vulnerability in the rig's network, causing disruptions to critical services and applications. This could include a Denial of Service (DoS) attack or other types of exploitation that could cause network instability.
B. Successful exploits is the most likely culprit. A penetration tester assesses the target network for vulnerabilities and can exploit them to gain access to the system. This would explain why the support organization of the rig is having issues connecting to corporate applications and upstream services.
D is the answer
the oil rig is experiencing connectivity issues to corporate applications and upstream services for data acquisitions during the penetration test, the most likely culprit is: D. Bandwidth limitations Explanation: • Bandwidth limitations: During a penetration test, various network activities such as scanning, enumeration, and exploitation attempts can generate significant network traffic. This increased traffic can consume available bandwidth, leading to connectivity issues and degraded performance for other network services. Bandwidth saturation is a common issue when large-scale network tests are performed, particularly in environments with limited network capacity.
Agree with option D. It sounds like an unintended consequence of pentest activity. It is unlikely to include DoS as part of ROE, which option B suggests, especially in production network.
Bandwidth limitations