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An investigator wants to extract information about the status of the network interface cards (NICs) in an organization's Windows-based systems. Identify the command-line utility that can help the investigator detect the network status.
Wesley, a fitness freak, purchased a new Apple smartwatch and synced it with a mobile app downloaded from an unauthorized third party. At the end of the day, when Wesley attempted to access his fitness report from the app, it generated an unusual report and asked for some unnecessary permissions to view it.
Which of the following mobile risks is demonstrated in the above scenario?
Sarah was accessing confidential office files from a remote location via her personal computer connected to the public Internet. Accidentally, a malicious file was downloaded onto Sarah’s computer without her knowledge. This download might be due to the free Internet access and the absence of network defense solutions.
Identify the Internet access policy demonstrated in the above scenario.
Bob, a professional hacker, targeted an organization to launch attacks. Bob gathered information such as network topology and a list of live hosts. Based on the collected information, he launched further attacks over the organization's network.
Identify the type of network attack Bob initiated on the target organization in the above scenario.
Which of the following MAC forensic data components saves file information and related events using a token with a binary structure?
Roxanne is a professional hacker hired by an agency to disrupt the business services of their rival company. Roxanne employed a special type of malware that consumes a server's memory and network bandwidth when triggered. Consequently, the target server is overloaded and stops responding.
Identify the type of malware Roxanne has used in the above scenario.
Morris, an attacker, targeted an application server to manipulate its services. He succeeded by employing input validation attacks such as XSS that exploited vulnerabilities present in the programming logic of an application. Identify the web application layer in which Morris has manipulated the programming logic.
Daniel, a professional hacker, targeted Alice and lured her into downloading a malicious app from a third-party app store. Upon installation, the core malicious code inside the application started infecting other legitimate apps in Alice's mobile device. Daniel overloaded Alice's device with irrelevant and fraudulent advertisements through the infected app for financial gain.
Identify the type of attack Daniel has launched in the above scenario.
Below are the elements included in the order of volatility for a typical computing system as per the RFC 3227 guidelines for evidence collection and archiving.
l.Archival media
2.Remote logging and monitoring data related to the target system
3.Routing table, process table, kernel statistics, and memory
4.Registers and processor cache
5-Physical configuration and network topology
6.Disk or other storage media
7.Temporary system files
Identify the correct sequence of order of volatility from the most to least volatile for a typical system.
Alice was working on her major project: she saved all her confidential files and locked her laptop. Bob wanted to access Alice’s laptop for his personal use but was unable to access the laptop due to biometric authentication.
Which of the following network defense approaches was employed by Alice on her laptop?
Jack, a forensic investigator, was appointed to investigate a Windows-based security incident. In this process, he employed an Autopsy tool to recover the deleted files from unallocated space, which helps in gathering potential evidence.
Which of the following functions of Autopsy helped Jack recover the deleted files?
Messy, a network defender, was hired to secure an organization's internal network. He deployed an IDS in which the detection process depends on observing and comparing the observed events with the normal behavior and then detecting any deviation from it.
Identify the type of IDS employed by Messy in the above scenario.
Clark, a digital forensic expert, was assigned to investigate a malicious activity performed on an organization's network. The organization provided Clark with all the information related to the incident. In this process, he assessed the impact of the incident on the organization, reasons for and source of the incident, steps required to tackle the incident, investigating team required to handle the case, investigative procedures, and possible outcome of the forensic process.
Identify the type of analysis performed by Clark in the above scenario.
John, a forensic officer, was working on a criminal case. He employed imaging software to create a copy of data from the suspect device on a storage medium for further investigation. For developing an image of the original data, John used a software application that does not allow an unauthorized user to alter the image content on storage media, thereby retaining an unaltered image copy.
Identify the data acquisition step performed by John in the above scenario.
A system that a cybercriminal was suspected to have used for performing an anti-social activity through the Tor browser. James reviewed the active network connections established using specific ports via Tor.
Which of the following port numbers does Tor use for establishing a connection via Tor nodes?
Which of th© following titles of Th© Electronic Communications Privacy Act protects the privacy of the contents of files stored by service providers and records held about the subscriber by service providers, such as subscriber name, billing records, and IP addresses?
Paola, a professional hacker, was hired to break into the target organization's network and extract sensitive data. In this process, Paola found that the target organization has purchased new hardware. She accessed the new hardware while it was in transit and tampered with the hardware to make it vulnerable to attacks.
Identify the class of attack Paola has performed on the target organization.
Bruce, a professional hacker, targeted an OT network. He initiated a looping strategy to recover the password of the target system. He started sending one character at a time to check whether the first character entered is correct: If so, he continued the loop for consecutive characters. Using thistechnique. Bruce identified how much time the device takes to finish one complete password authentication process, through which he determined the correct characters in the target password.
Identify the type of attack launched by Bruce on the target OT network.
A major fire broke out in the storeroom of CyberSol Inc. It first gutted the equipment in the storeroom and then started spreading to other areas in the company. The officials of the company informed the fire department. The fire rescue team reached the premises and used a distribution piping system to suppress the fire, thereby preventing any human or asset loss.
Identify the type of fire-fighting system used by the rescue team in the above scenario.
James is a professional hacker attempting to gain access to an industrial system through a remote control device. In this process, he used a specially designed radio transceiver device to sniff radio commands and inject arbitrary code into the firmware of the remote controllers to maintain persistence.
Which of the following attacks is performed by James in the above scenario?
An organization decided to strengthen the security of its network by studying and analyzing the behavior of attackers. For this purpose. Steven, a security analyst, was instructed to deploy a device to bait attackers. Steven selected a solution that appears to contain very useful information to lure attackers and find their locationsand techniques.
Identify the type of device deployed by Steven in the above scenario.
Bob, a network administrator in a company, manages network connectivity to 200 employees in six different rooms. Every employee has their own laptop to connect to the Internet through a wireless network, but the company has only one broadband connection.
Which of the following types of wireless networks allows Bob to provide Internet access to every laptop and bring all the devices to a single network?
Michael, a forensic expert, was assigned to investigate an incident that involved unauthorized intrusion attempts. In this process, Michael identified all the open ports on a system and disabled them because these open ports can allow attackers to install malicious services and compromise the security of the system or network.
Which of the following commands assisted Michael in identifying open ports in the above scenario?
Bob, a forensic investigator, was instructed to review a Windows machine and identify any anonymous activities performed using it. In this process. Bob used the command “netstat -ano" to view all the active connections in the system and determined that the connections established by the Tor browser were closed. Which of the following states of the connections established by Tor indicates that the Tor browser is closed?
Christian is working as a software developer in a reputed MNC. He received a message from XIM bank that claims to be urgent and requests to call a phone number mentioned in the message. Worried by this, he called the number to check on his account, believing it to be an authentic XIM Bank customer service phone number. A recorded message asks him to provide his credit or debit card number, as well as his password.
Identify the type of social engineering attack being performed on Christian in the above scenario.
Clark, a security professional, was instructed to monitor and continue the backup functions without interrupting the system or application services. In this process, Clark implemented a backup mechanism that dynamically backups the data even If the system or application resources are being used.
Which of the following types of backup mechanisms has Clark implemented in the above scenario?
Cheryl, a forensic expert, was recruited to investigate a malicious activity performed by an anonymous hackers’ group on an organization’s systems. Using an automated tool, Cheryl was able to extract the malware file and analyze the assembly code instructions, which helped him understand the malware’s purpose.
Which of the following tools helped Cheryl extract and analyze the assembly code of the malware?
TESTED 26 Apr 2024