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watering hole attack

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security exploit in which the attacker seeks to compromise a specific group of end users by infecting websites that members of the group are known to visit. The goal is to infect a targeted user's computer and gain access to the network at the target's place of employment.

10 of 11 indexed CBT versions give this answer·Answer index rebuilt Aug 16, 2026

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This question appears on 11 CBT versions we've indexed, and they don't all give the same answer. Exam editions change and answer keys get re-cut, so more than one of these was correct on the test it came from. Here is each of them, and how many versions give it.

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security exploit in which the attacker seeks to compromise a specific group of end users by infecting websites that members of the group are known to visit. The goal is to infect a targeted user's computer and gain access to the network at the target's place of employment.

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Security exploit in which the attacker seeks to compromise a specific group of end-users by infecting websites that members of the group are known to visit. The goal is to infect a targeted user's computer and gain access to the network at the target's place of employment.

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