What characteristic describes a gray hat hacker?

Individuals who commit cyber crimes but not for personal gain

To probe network devices, servers, & hosts for open TCP or UDP ports

What focus describes a characteristic of an indicator of attack (IOA)?

Motivation behind an attack & the means used to compromise vulnerability

What is the motivation of a white hat attacker?

Discoering weaknesses of netowrks & systems to improve security level

Which statement describes cybersecurity?

An ongoing effort to protect internet systems & the data associated

What is an example of "hacktivism"?

Environmentalists send DoS attack on an oil company responsible a spill

What characteristic describes script kiddies?

Inexperienced threat actors running existing scripts, etc. to cause harm

Which statement describes the term attack surface?

The total of vulnerabilities in a system that is accessible to an attacker

To detect any evidence of a hack or malware in a computer or network

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1
What type of attack prevents the normal use of a computer or network by valid users?
DoS
IP Address Spoofing
MiTM
Password-Based
2
What characteristic describes a gray hat hacker?
Individuals who use programming skills for good, ethical, and legal purpose
Individuals who design risk adoption strategies
Individuals who commit cyber crimes but not for personal gain
3
Question Below:
Risk Reduction
Risk Transfer
Risk Avoidance
Risk Acceptance
4
Question Below:
MiTM
DoS
IP address spoofing
Eavesdropping
5
Which type of network threat is intended to prevent authorized users from accessing resources?
Trust exploitation
Access Attacks
Reconnaissance Attacks
DoS attacks
6
Question Below:
To reverse engineer binary files when writing exploits & analyzing malware
To probe network devices, servers, & hosts for open TCP or UDP ports
To detect any evidence of a hack or malware in a computer or network
7
Question Below
DoS
Compromised key
Social engineering
Password-based
8
What focus describes a characteristic of an indicator of attack (IOA)?
The risk management strategies after an attack and compromise of systems
The mitigation after an attack & the potential compromised vulnerabilities
Motivation behind an attack & the means used to compromise vulnerability
Threat avoidance after an attack & the potential cost implications
9
What is the motivation of a white hat attacker?
Studying operating systems of various platforms to develop a new system
Discoering weaknesses of netowrks & systems to improve security level
Taking advantage of any vulnerability for illegal personal gain
Fine tuning network devices to improve their performance and efficiency
10
Which statement describes cybersecurity?
Model used for developing firewall technologies to fight against cybercrime
The framework for security policy development
An ongoing effort to protect internet systems & the data associated
11
What is an example of "hacktivism"?
Teen breaks into the web server of newspaper and posts a cartoon picture
Environmentalists send DoS attack on an oil company responsible a spill
Criminals use the internet to attempt to steal money from a banking account
12
In what type of attack can threat actors change the data in packets without the knowledge of the sender or receiver?
Data Modification
IP address spoofing
Denial of Service
Eavesdropping
13
What characteristic describes script kiddies?
Hackers who try to discover exploits and report them to vendors for prizes
Hackers who rally and protest against different political and social ideals
Inexperienced threat actors running existing scripts, etc. to cause harm
14
Question Below:
Eavesdropping
Compromised Key
Man-in-the-middle
Password-based
15
Question Below:
Password-Based
Eavesdropping
IP Address spoofing
MiTM
16
Which statement describes the term attack surface?
It is the total number of attacks toward an organization within a day
it is the network interface where attacks originate
It is the group of hosts that experiences the same attack
The total of vulnerabilities in a system that is accessible to an attacker
17
Question Below:
To detect any evidence of a hack or malware in a computer or network
To reverse engineer binary files when writing exploits & analyzing malware
To obtain specially designed OS's preloaded w/ tools optimized for hacking
18
Which risk management plan involves discontinuing an activity that creates a risk?
Risk avoidance
Risk retention
Risk sharing
Risk reducing
19
In what type of attack does a threat attacker attach to the network and read communications from network users?
Denial of Service
Data Modification
Password-Based
Eavesdropping
20
What security tool allows a threat actor to hack into a wireless network and detect security vulnerabilities?
NMap
KisMac
SuperScan
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