Adam works as a Security Administrator for Umbrella Inc. A project has been assigned to him to test the network security of the company. He created a webpage to discuss the progress of the tests with employees who were interested in following the test. Visitors were allowed to click on a company's icon to mark the progress of the test. Adam successfully embeds a keylogger. He also added some statistics on the webpage. The firewall protects the network well and allows strict Internet access.
How was security compromised and how did the firewall respond?
Correct Answer:A
Which of the following is a computer worm that caused a denial of service on some Internet hosts and dramatically slowed down general Internet traffic?
Correct Answer:C
Adam works as a Network administrator for Umbrella Inc. He noticed that an ICMP ECHO requests is coming from some suspected outside sources. Adam suspects that some malicious hacker is trying to perform ping sweep attack on the network of the company. To stop this malicious activity, Adam blocks the ICMP ECHO request from any outside sources.
What will be the effect of the action taken by Adam?
Correct Answer:B
5.2.92:4079 ---------FIN--------->192.5.2.110:23192.5.2.92:4079 <----NO RESPONSE---
---192.5.2.110:23
Scan directed at closed port:
ClientServer
Solution:
Does this meet the goal?
Correct Answer:A
John works as a C programmer. He develops the following C program:
#include
#include
#include
int buffer(char *str) {
char buffer1[10];
strcpy(buffer1, str);
return 1;
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
buffer (argv[1]);
printf("Executedn");
return 1;
}
His program is vulnerable to a __________ attack.
Correct Answer:C
Adam works as a Security Analyst for Umbrella Inc. Company has a Windows-based network. All computers run on Windows XP. Manager of the Sales department complains Adam about the unusual behavior of his computer. He told Adam that some pornographic contents are suddenly appeared on his computer overnight. Adam suspects that some malicious software or Trojans have been installed on the computer. He runs some diagnostics programs and Port scanners and found that the Port 12345, 12346, and 20034 are open. Adam also noticed some tampering with the Windows registry, which causes one application to run every time when Windows start.
Which of the following is the most likely reason behind this issue?
Correct Answer:C