Watering hole attack
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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is a directed social engineering attack. It relies on the circumstance that a group of targets may use an unsecure third party website.
Comptia Certmaster Practice For Security+ →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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