CyberCon

Question 1

Which cybersecurity tool is most effective for detecting intrusion attempts by monitoring network traffic in real-time?

Accepted Answer

Snort

Question 2

Which of the following tools is specifically designed for performing digital forensic investigations?

Accepted Answer

Sleuth Kit

Question 3

Which ransomware group was responsible for the Kaseya cyber attack in 2021?

Accepted Answer

REvil

Question 4

What should be the first step in a digital forensic investigation?

Accepted Answer

Securing the crime scene

Question 5

Which tool is typically used by ethical hackers to exploit system vulnerabilities during a penetration test?

Accepted Answer

Metasploit

Question 6

What is the primary function of Burp Suite in web application security?

Accepted Answer

Web application scanning

Question 7

What is the main advantage of elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) over RSA?

Accepted Answer

Higher security with shorter keys

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a common method to prevent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks?

Accepted Answer

Multi-factor authentication

Question 9

What is the purpose of DNSSEC?

Accepted Answer

To prevent DNS cache poisoning

Question 10

What was the primary goal of the 2023 MOVEit file transfer cyber attack?

Accepted Answer

Stealing sensitive customer data

Question 11

Which attack tricks users into making unwanted actions on a trusted site?

Accepted Answer

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

Question 12

How can companies best prevent SQL injection attacks?

Accepted Answer

Implementing input validation and prepared statements

Question 13

Which cipher is an example of a block cipher?

Accepted Answer

AES

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a key concern in securing containerized applications?

Accepted Answer

Increasing container size

Question 15

Which tool is commonly used to analyze memory dumps during a forensic investigation?

Accepted Answer

Volatility

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