CompTIA Security+ Question I-46

Use of a smart card to authenticate remote servers remains MOST susceptible to which of the following attacks?

A. Malicious code on the local system
B. Shoulder surfing
C. Brute force certificate cracking
D. Distributed dictionary attacks

Answer: A

Explanation:
Once a user authenticates to a remote server, malicious code on the user’s workstation could then infect the server.