Which two types of attacks are examples of reconnaissance attacks? (Choose two.)
- port scan
- SYN flood
- ping sweep
- brute force
- man-in-the-middle
| Answers Explanation & Hints:
Reconnaissance attacks attempt to gather information about the targets. Ping sweeps will indicate which hosts are up and responding to pings, whereas port scans will indicate on which TCP and UDP ports the target is listening for incoming connections. Man-in-the-middle and brute force attacks are both examples of access attacks, and a SYN flood is an example of a denial of service (DoS) attack. |