Question

You are monitoring network activity and find that a user appears to be logging into the network and downloading files, even though you know that user is on vacation.

Which kind of attack have you MOST likely experienced?

answer

A vertical privilege escalation attack


A horizontal privilege escalation attack


A brute force attack


A password stuffing attack

Answer 1

A password stuffing attack.

Reason: someone else logging in as that user (who’s on vacation) most likely means stolen/reused credentials were used — a credential-stuffing attack — rather than privilege escalation.