stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Network Security II - Chapter 12 Review Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Network Security II - Chapter 12 Review
Network Security II - Chapter 12 Review
37 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
16 plays
Review for chapter 12
Flashcards
37 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
37
Answers
1
Where disruption is the goal, what type of attack would this be classified as?
DoS
DDoS
Social Engineering
Access
2
Preferred method for analyzing applications designed to circumvent firewalls?
I dunno
Probabilistic
Deterministic
Fer Sher
3
In Sguil, The classification assigned to the event.
Status
CID
SID
Status
4
A breach is successful without being detected. What condition describes the lack of alert?
False positive
True positive
True negative
False negative
5
Which method has events create an inevitable result of antecedent?
Probabilistic
Deterministic
I dunno
Fer Sher
6
Which tool would an analyst use to start a workflow investigation?
Bacon
Sguil
Snort
Bro
7
In Sguil, The IP protocol type of the packet.
IP_packet
IP_proto
CID
Signature
8
Refer to the exhibit. Which source port is used by the host to request the download?
48598
66
1514
6666
9
What is threat attribution in a basic DoS attack?
Obtaining the most volatile evidence
Evaluating the server alert data
Reporting the incident to the proper authorities
Determining who is responsible for the attack
10
In Sguil, The human readable name of the event.
Signature
Signature
Name
Status
11
A compromised server was removed & preserved the security hack. What type of evidence is this?
Best
Indirect
Classified
Corroborating
12
When gathering evidence, which is the most volatile data?
Routing tables, ARP cache, RAM
Temporary file systems
Archival media
Memory, registers, caches
13
In a breach where disruption was the goal using a basic tool, how would you classify the actor?
State-sponsored
Amateur
Terrorist
Hacktivist
14
According to NIST, which step involves extracting relevant information from data?
Analysis
Reporting
Collection
Examination
15
Which type of evidence supports an assertion based on previously obtained evidence?
Best evidence
Direct evidence
Corroborating evidence
Indirect evidence
16
What procedure should be avoided in a digital forensics investigation?
Reboot the affected system upon arrival.
Secure physical access to the computer under investigation.
Recover deleted files.
Make a copy of the hard drive.
17
Which tool, included with Security Onion, is used by Snort to automatically download new rules?
PulledPork
Wireshark
ELSA
Sguil
18
Which two strings will be matched by the regular expression? Level[^12] (2 correct)
Level3
Level4
Level 1
Level2
19
Which term is used to describe the process of converting log entries into a common format?
Classification
Systemization
Standardization
Normalization
20
Which tool has alert records linked directly to the searches of ELSA?
Wireshark
Sguil
Snort
CapME
21
How does an application program interact with the operating system?
Sending files
Making API calls
Using processes
Accessing BIOS or UEFI
22
What are the core functions provided by the Security Onion? (2 correct)
Threat containment
Business continuity planning
Intrusion detection
Full packet capture
23
Which Cisco tool provides a dashboard that allows investigation of the threat landscape?
Wireshark
Ham & Cheese
Talos
Snort
24
Which statement describes the status after the Security Onion VM is started?
Awk becomes enabled via the sudo awk terminal command.
SGUIL becomes enabled by the sudo sguil -e terminal command.
Pullpork is used by ELSA as an open source search engine.
Snort is enabled by default.
25
How is the hash value of files useful in network security investigations?
It helps identify malware signatures.
It verifies confidentiality of files.
It is used as a key for encryption.
It is used to decode files.
26
What are three common tools used to carry out a DoS attack? (2 correct)
Ping sweep
TCP SYN flood
Smurf attack
MITM
27
Which statement describes a feature of timestamps in Linux?
Timestamps measure the # of seconds passed since 1/1/70
All devices generate human readable & Unix Epoch timestamps
Unix Epoch timestamps are easier for humans to interpret.
Epoch timestamps are easier for addition & subtraction
28
Refer to the image. What is the function provided by the ampersand symbol used in the command?
It tells the Linux shell to execute the process indefinitely
It tells the Linux shell to display the data on the console
It tells tcpdump to capture data that starts with the symbol
It tells the shell to execute the process in the background
29
Which tool is a Security Onion integrated host-based intrusion detection system?
OSSEC
Sguil
ELSA
Snort
30
In Sguil, The unique ID of the sensor.
GUID
SSN
CID
SID
31
What is indicated by a Snort signature ID that is below 3464?
Created by Sourcefire and distributed under a GPL agreement.
Created by the Snort community & managed in Community Rules.
It's a custom signature developed to address local rules.
Created by members of EmergingThreats.
32
Refer to the exhibit. The transaction data seems indecipherable. What is the explanation?
The data shown is line noise
The transaction data is a binary file
The transaction data is corrupted
The transaction data is encoded with Base64.
33
Which procedures in Sguil are provided to security analysts to address alerts? (2 correct)
Correlate similar alerts into a single line
Expire false positives
Pivot to other information sources and tools
Categorize true positives
34
Refer to the exhibit. How is the current view sorted?
By source IP
By sensor number
By date/time
By frequency
35
Which types of unreadable traffic could be eliminated from data collected by NSM? (2 correct)
Routing updates traffic
Rush hour
SSL traffic
IPsec traffic
36
When gathering evidence, which is the least volatile data?
Archival media, tape or other backups
Non-volatile media, fixed & removable
Remote logging
Physical interconnections
37
Which method is precise & yields the same result every time using predefined conditions?
Probabilistic
Deterministic
Fer Sher
I dunno