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Which of the following BEST describes a beaconing intrusion?
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A group communication protocol for an attacker to send commands to zombie systems.
A command issued to a botnet pool to verify that a bot is still alive.
Metadata that is used to embed control messages to bots.
Queries repeated multiple times as a bot checks in with the control server for new commands.
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Queries repeated multiple times as a bot checks in with the control server for new commands.
Beaconing is periodic, regular check‑in traffic from an infected host to its C2 server.
Beaconing is periodic, regular check‑in traffic from an infected host to its C2 server.
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