What is the difference between a threat and a vulnerability?

A threat is external, a vulnerability is a weakness

What does a VPN primarily do?

Hides your real IP and encrypts your data

What does an IP address represent?

Your device's location on the internet

What does the CIA triad stand for?

Control, Identification, Access, Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability

Which of the following is an example of a vulnerability?

Outdated software with known security flaws

What does the ‘strings’ command do?

Displays readable text from binary files

What is the main difference between a VPN and a proxy?

VPNs encrypt all traffic; proxies don’t

What is the primary goal of encryption?

To protect data from unauthorized access

What is the purpose of Proxychains?

Chain multiple proxies for anonymity

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1
Which of these is a common social engineering attack?
DDoS attack
Both A and C
Phishing
Brute force
2
What is the difference between a threat and a vulnerability?
A vulnerability is an attacker, a threat is a weakness
A threat is a system flaw, a vulnerability is external
A threat is external, a vulnerability is a weakness
A threat exploits, a vulnerability is an attack
3
What type of encoding might you encounter in forensics?
Base64
All of the above
UTF-8
ASCII
4
What does a VPN primarily do?
Speeds up your internet
Hides your real IP and encrypts your data
Fixes network connection issues
Blocks ads on websites
5
Which of the following is a file signature (magic number)?
PNG: \x89PNG
JPG: \xFF\xD8\xFF
All of the above
ZIP: PK\x03\x04
6
What is steganography?
Hiding data inside other files
Using firewalls
Breaking into secure systems
Encrypting files
7
Which of these is NOT malware?
Trojan horse
Worm
Virus
Firewall
8
What tool would you use to extract embedded files from binary images?
ifconfig
Binwalk
TOR
Proxychains
9
Which of these is NOT true about a VPN?
It encrypts your data
It hides your IP address
It only works on specific apps
It bypasses geographic restrictions
10
What does an IP address represent?
The speed of your internet connection
Your device's location on the internet
Your computer's password
Your device's internet nickname
11
What does the CIA triad stand for?
Cybersecurity, Integrity, Authentication
Control, Identification, Access
Confidentiality, Information, Accessibility
Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability
12
Which of the following is an example of a vulnerability?
A phishing email sent to an employee
Outdated software with known security flaws
Unauthorized access to a database
An attacker scanning for open ports
13
Which tool can embed and extract data from images or audio?
Wireshark
Steghide
Exiftool
Binwalk
14
What does TOR stand for?
The Onion Router
Technology-Oriented Routing
Tunnel Over Router
Transparent Online Routing
15
What does the ‘strings’ command do?
Extracts hidden metadata
Displays readable text from binary files
Searches for images in a file
Analyzes network traffic
16
Which of these is an example of an IPv4 address?
Both B and C
00:1A:2B:3C:4D:5Ey
192.168.1.1
fe80::5674:9638:a9f5:3b%13
17
What is the main difference between a VPN and a proxy?
There’s no difference
VPNs encrypt all traffic; proxies don’t
Proxies encrypt traffic, while VPNs don’t
VPNs are faster than proxies
18
What is the primary goal of encryption?
To speed up internet connections
To store passwords
To protect data from unauthorized access
To block malicious websites
19
What is the purpose of Proxychains?
Improve internet speed
Chain multiple proxies for anonymity
Detect viruses
Encrypt all your traffic
20
Which of the following is an example of a threat actor?
A misconfigured firewall
A computer virus
A malicious hacker
An outdated operating system

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