Multiple choice technology security

A user uses a un-trusted public proxy-server to log into his email account, and after sometime finds that he is no more able to log into his email account.

  1. Phishing.

  2. Network eavesdropping.

  3. Man in the middle attack.

  4. Key logger.
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Explanation

A malicious proxy server can intercept all traffic between the user and the email service, capturing login credentials in transit (Man in the Middle attack). Phishing tricks users into revealing credentials, eavesdropping is passive listening, and keyloggers capture keystrokes locally.

AI explanation

Routing traffic through an untrusted public proxy exposes all data passing through it — including login credentials — to that proxy operator, who can intercept and reuse them; this interception and impersonation of a trusted party is the definition of a man-in-the-middle attack. It's not phishing (which relies on deceiving the user into giving up credentials via a fake request) nor a keylogger (which requires software running on the victim's own device).

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