- (Topic 6)
Sniffing is considered an active attack.

Correct Answer:B
Sniffing is considered a passive attack.

- (Topic 4)
Susan has attached to her company’s network. She has managed to synchronize her boss’s sessions with that of the file server. She then intercepted his traffic destined for the server, changed it the way she wanted to and then placed it on the server in his home directory. What kind of attack is Susan carrying on?

Correct Answer:C
A man-in-the-middle attack (MITM) is an attack in which an attacker is able to read, insert and modify at will, messages between two parties without either party knowing that the link between them has been compromised.

- (Topic 19)
Statistics from cert.org and other leading security organizations has clearly showed a steady rise in the number of hacking incidents perpetrated against companies.
What do you think is the main reason behind the significant increase in hacking attempts over the past years?

Correct Answer:D
Today you don’t need to be a good hacker in order to break in to various systems, all you need is the knowledge to use search engines on the internet.

- (Topic 6)
Exhibit: * Missing*
Jason's Web server was attacked by a trojan virus. He runs protocol analyzer and notices that the trojan communicates to a remote server on the Internet. Shown below is the standard "hexdump" representation of the network packet, before being decoded. Jason wants to identify the trojan by looking at the destination port number and mapping to a trojan-port number database on the Internet. Identify the remote server's port number by decoding the packet?

Correct Answer:D
From trace, 0x1A0B is 6667, IRC Relay Chat, which is one port used. Other ports are in the 900's.

- (Topic 23)
You are configuring the security options of your mail server and you would like to block certain file attachments to prevent viruses and malware from entering the users inbox.
Which of the following file formats will you block?
(Select up to 6)

Correct Answer:BCEFIJ
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP030850041033.aspx

- (Topic 23)
What type of Trojan is this?

Correct Answer:C