An employee from the accounting department logs in to a website. A desktop application automatically downloads on the employee ' s computer. Which of the following has occurred?
This describes a watering hole attack, where an attacker compromises a website frequently visited by the target group and delivers malicious payloads, such as automatic downloads.
XSS (A) injects scripts into web pages, typosquatting (C) involves fake websites with misspelled URLs, and buffer overflow (D) exploits memory but does not involve website compromise with automatic downloads.
Watering hole attacks are well-known web-based threats covered in SY0-701【6:Chapter 2†CompTIA Security+ Study Guide】.
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