What is a common characteristic of both a watering hole attack and a drive-by attack?
What is a common characteristic of both a watering hole attack and a drive-by attack?
Both watering hole attacks and drive-by attacks commonly target the user's browser or files associated with the browser. In a watering hole attack, attackers compromise a website known to be visited by a specific group to infect the users who visit it using browser vulnerabilities. Drive-by attacks similarly exploit browser vulnerabilities or associated software to deliver malware when users visit malicious or compromised websites. The key characteristic shared by both is their focus on exploiting browsers or their related files to deliver malicious payloads.
Isn't this supposed to be B?
That is only true for watering hole attack. Not all Drive-by-attacks are Watering hole attacks.
A common characteristic of both a watering hole attack and a drive-by attack is: A. Targets a browser or files associated with the browser The DIFFERENCE between the two is B.
the key difference lies in the infection point: a watering hole attack compromises the specific website that the target is expected to visit, while a drive-by attack leverages vulnerabilities in the user's browser or associated software without compromising the target website itself. Both aim to infect users who visit certain websites but take different routes to achieve that goal.
beware of the suggested answers, lots of them are inaccurate. B is correct