When an attacker presents a program or himself as someone else to obtain private information and pretends to be a legitimate website, network, FTP site, or person in a chat session, what type of attack is occurring?
A) rootkit
B) zombie
C) brute-force
D) man-in-the-middle

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

This is a man-in-the-middle attack where the attacker intercepts communication between two parties and pretends to be one of them to obtain private information.

When an Attacker Presents a Program or Himself as Someone