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1. Although brute force and dictionary attacks were once the primary tools used by attackers to crack an encrypted password - today attackers usually prefer ____.
DLP
Resident
Rainbow Tables
Cybercriminals
2. Using a single authentication credential that is shared across multiple networks.
Reverse proxy
Identity management
White Hat
PAT
3. A group of piconets in which connections exist between different piconets is called a ____.
Scatternet
Whaling
Flashing
Cognitive biometrics
4. An authentication process that involves three steps.
Identity management
Identification
Three-Way Handshake
GIF Layering
5. If a password is communicated across a network to log on to a remote system - it is vulnerable to ______.
Floor Guard
Identification
Trojan-horse virus
Electronic eavesdropping
6. A ____ is a series of instructions that can be grouped together as a single command and are often used to automate a complex set of tasks or a repeated series of tasks.
NAT
Internal Threat
Security
Macro
7. Allows a single access point to service different types of users.
Cognitive biometrics
Rogue
What is asymmetic encryption?
Wireless VLANs
8. A system of security tools that is used to recognize and identify data that is critical to the organization and ensure that it is protected.
Cybercriminals
DLP
Bluesnarfing
ARP Poisoning
9. A ____ can block malicious content in "real time" as it appears without first knowing the URL of a dangerous site.
Hacker
Web security gateway
Challenge
ACL
10. An authentication protocol that operates over PPP and that requires the authenticator to take the first step by offering the other computer a challenge. The requestor responds by combining the challenge with its password - encrypting the new string o
Data
Proximity reader
DNS Log
CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol)
11. Can create entries in a log for all queries that are received.
RADIUS
computer footprint
DNS Log
Bluejacking
12. Can be used to determine whether new IP addresses are attempting to probe the network.
Identity management
Role
Firewall logs
Hoaxes
13. The perimeter of a protected - internal network where users - both authorized and unauthorized - from external networks can attempt to access it. Firewalls and IDS/IPS systems are typically placed in the DMZ.
Session hijacking
Wireless VLANs
DMS (Demilitarized Zone)
computer footprint
14. Ensures that messages are not corrupt or tampered with
Biometrics
Hash encoding
Stateful Firewall
Internal Threat
15. Form of phishing that targets wealthy individuals.
Cloud computing
Whaling
Eavesdropping Attack
Reverse proxy
16. Mass mailings sent as Instant Messages to users. Often these can feature links to explicit porn sites.
Resident
DNS Hijacking
Spimming
History
17. A ____ virus infects the Master Boot Record of a hard disk drive.
War Driving
Boot
Honeynet
Electronic Activist (hacktivist)
18. Sending high volumes of ICMP (usually ping) packets to a target.
Tailgate sensors
Separation of duties
ICMP Flood
Information security
19. An attack that uses multiple computers on disparate networks to launch an attack from multiple hosts simultaneously.
ACL (Access Control List)
Mandatory Access Control
Fencing
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
20. Forging of the return address on an e-mail so that the e-mail message appears to come from someone other than the actual sender. This is not a virus but rather a way by which virus authors conceal their identities as they send out viruses.
What is asymmetic encryption?
Password
Trojan-horse virus
Spoofing
21. Can be accidental or intentional - internal or external. (ex. back-hoe operator performing legitimate construction cuts cables leading into a facility.)
Malicious Insiders
Man-made Threat
Tailgating
ARP Poisoning
22. A key encryption technique for wireless networks that uses keys both to authenticate network clients and to encrypt data in transit.
Electronic Vandal
Proximity reader
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
Router
23. Business ____ theft involves stealing proprietary business information such as research for a new drug or a list of customers that competitors are eager to acquire.
Data
Distributed
DAC
VPN
24. An independently rotating large cups affixed to the top of a fence prevent the hands of intruders from gripping the top of a fence to climb over it.
Roller barrier
Loop Protection
TACACS
Impersonation
25. A person who uses his knowledge of operating systems and utilities to intentionally damage or destroy data or systems.
Cracker
Content-Filtering Firewall
Media for backups
Account expiration
26. ____ involves stealing another person's personal information - such as a Social Security number - and then using the information to impersonate the victim - generally for financial gain.
Electronic Vandal
Cracker
Shoulder Surfing
Identity Theft
27. Small electronic devices that change user passwords automatically
Biometrics
Insiders
Token
Role Based Access Control
28. Below 70 degrees or above 75 degrees
ARP Poisoning
Extreme temperatures
LEAP
TACACS
29. A ____ tester has an in-depth knowledge of the network and systems being tested - including network diagrams - IP addresses - and even the source code of custom applications.
Bluesnarfing
White box
Cracker
Malicious Insiders
30. Suitable for what are called "high-volume service control applications" such as dial-in access to a corporate network.
RADIUS
Rule Based Access Control
Virus
Standard biometrics
31. A set of permissions that are attached to an object.
Character
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
ACL
Extreme Humidity
32. A form of filtering that blocks only sites specified as harmful.
Account expiration
Blacklisting Software
Packet tampering
Open Port
33. Magnetic tape drives - hard drives - optical media (CD or DVD) - solid-state media (flash drives or SD)
Hash encoding
Worm
DAP
Media for backups
34. In a ____ attack - attackers can attackers use hundreds or thousands of computers in an attack against a single computer or network.
Biometrics
Web security gateway
Distributed
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35. ____ is a software program that delivers advertising content in a manner that is unexpected and unwanted by the user.
Dumpster Diving
Insiders
Adware
computer footprint
36. Hacker who exposes vulnerabilities for financial gain or malicious purpose.
Private
External Threat
Black Hat
Content filtering
37. Wants to cause as much damage as possible - without a particular target or goal.
Hardware Attack
Symmetric encryption
Rogue
Electronic Vandal
38. A framework for transporting authentication protocols instead of the authentication protocol itself.
Brute Force
Spyware
EAP
Data
39. Users who access a Web server are usually restricted to the ____ directory.
Hacker
Root
Zone transfer
Rainbow Tables
40. The most popular attack toolkit - which has almost half of the attacker toolkit market is ____.
Spimming
Logic Bomb
MPack
Distributed storage
41. Peering over the shoulder of someone to see the contents on that person's computer or cell phone screen.
War Driving
Shoulder Surfing
Content filtering
Stateful Firewall
42. ____ involves horizontally separating words - although it is still readable by the human eye.
Word Splitting
Virus
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
Bluesnarfing
43. A pay-per-use computing model in which customers pay only for the computing resources they need.
Cloud computing
Speech recognition
Insiders
Environmental Threat
44. Altering the contents of packets as they travel over the Internet or altering data on computer disks after penetrating a network. For example - an attacker might place a tap on a network line to intercept packets as they leave the computer. The attac
Packet tampering
Phishing
70
Two factor security
45. The X.500 standard defines a protocol for a client application to access an X.500 directory called ____.
DAP
Internal Threat
Macro
Association request
46. Computer crimes involving the theft of money
Hardware Attack
Packet filtering
Cyber Theft
Spimming
47. How often you perform your backups (cost-benefit analysis of backing up)
Client_Hello
Backup frequency
Authentication
Proximity reader
48. Type of software attack where an attacker captures network traffic and stores it for retransmission at a later time to gain unauthorized access to a network.
Spimming
White box
Replay Attack
Private
49. The act of driving while running a laptop configured to detect and capture wireless data transmissions.
Data
Distributed storage
War Driving
Speech recognition
50. Sending or posting harmful or cruel text or images using the internet or other digital communication devices.
Cyberterrorist
Cyberbullying
Operation
Access Control
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