What is an active man-in-the-middle attack?
Active man-in-the-middle (MitM) is an attack method that allows an intruder to access sensitive information by intercepting and altering communications between the user of a public network and any requested website. Avoiding logging in to sensitive sites from public locations can protect the user from conventional man-in-the-middle attacks. However, in an active MitM attack, the perpetrator manipulates communications in such a way that they can steal information for sites accessed at other times. The attacker can then use that information for identity theft or other types of fraud. An active MitM may be conducted in a number of ways. Here’s one method: • The attacker listens to communications transmitted over a public network. • The victim accesses the Internet over the network and browses to an innocuous website, such as a mainstream news site. • The website server processes the request and responds to it. • The attacker intercepts the response sent from the server and interjects an I
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