Question 670
A URL contains variable query parameters and analysts need to group by the stable hostname. Which action most directly addresses the observed condition?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Host normalization reduces noise from differing query strings. This directly addresses the requirement to normalize malicious URL hostnames.
Incorrect Answers
Encoded content is not reliably found by searching decoded words in raw text. This addresses avoid plaintext-only encoded command hunting; it does not directly satisfy normalize malicious URL hostnames.
Cheap filters and bounded patterns improve query selectivity. That action focuses on optimize an expensive regex hunt rather than the specified need to normalize malicious URL hostnames.
String parsing can isolate an argument value from semistructured text. This addresses extract a command-line destination; it does not directly satisfy normalize malicious URL hostnames.






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