Multiple choice

Which of the following is an application that captures data packets used primarily for malicious activities?

  1. Password cracking

  2. Packet sniffer

  3. Spoofing attack

  4. Rootkit

  5. Trojan horse

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A packet sniffer is an application that captures data packets, which can be used to capture passwords and other data in transit over the network.