An attacker targeted to attack network switches of an organization to steal confidential information such as network subscriber information, passwords, etc. He started transmitting data through one switch to another by creating and sending two 802.1Q tags, one for the attacking switch and the other for victim switch. By sending these frames. The attacker is fooling the victim switch into thinking that the frame is intended for it. The target switch then forwards the frame to the victim port. Identify the type of attack being performed by the attacker?

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The attack described is VLAN hopping, where the attacker uses double tagging to send frames with two VLAN tags, tricking the switch into forwarding the frame to a different VLAN.

An Attacker Targeted to Attack Network Switches of an Organization