Question

A ______________ on the whole turns your system’s NIC to the licentious mode so that it can listen to all your data transmitted on its division.

(a) Phishing site

(b) Sniffer tool

(c) Password cracker

(d) NIC cracker

I have been asked this question during an interview for a job.

I would like to ask this question from Attack Vectors in section Understanding Attack Vectors of Cyber Security

Answer 1

Correct answer is (b) Sniffer tool

To explain I would say: A sniffer tool turns your machine’s NIC to the dissolute mode so that hackers can listen to & observe all your data packets. Hence they can know what type of data is being transmitted and received.