Exam SY0-701 topic 1 question 238 discussion

On-path attack. Public Wi-Fi: Public Wi-Fi networks are often unsecured and can be easily compromised by attackers. Man-in-the-middle: An on-path attack involves an attacker intercepting communication between the user and the airline website, potentially capturing sensitive information like credit card details. Security warning: The ignored security warning likely indicated that the connection was not secure, making the user vulnerable to an on-path attack. Replay attacks, memory leaks, and buffer overflow attacks are less likely in this scenario. Replay attacks involve reusing captured data, but it's not clear how that would have led to unauthorized charges. Memory leaks and buffer overflow attacks are typically associated with software vulnerabilities, not network-based attacks.

ChatGPT An on-path attack, also known as a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack, occurs when an attacker intercepts the communication between two parties (in this case, the user and the airline's website). Since the user was on a public Wi-Fi network and ignored security warnings, it's possible that the attacker was able to intercept the credit card information during the transaction, leading to unauthorized charges.

on-path is the new man in the middle

D This attack results from an attacker's interception of data sent over public WI-FI.