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Topic 1 Β· Question 261

Which wireless security protocol replaces the personal pre-shared key (PSK) authentication with Simultaneous Authentication of Equals (SAE) and is therefore resistant to offline dictionary attacks?

  • ABluetooth
  • BWPA2-Enterprise
  • CWPA3-Personal (correct answer)
  • DZigBee
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: WPA3-Personal

Explanation

WPA3 strengthens wireless authentication and encryption compared with earlier Wi-Fi security standards. This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.

Topic 1 Β· Question 262

Sam, a web developer, was instructed to incorporate a hybrid encryption software program into a web application to secure email messages. Sam used an encryption software, which is a free implementation of the OpenPGP standard that uses both symmetric-key cryptography and asymmetric-key cryptography for improved speed and secure key exchange. What is the encryption software employed by Sam for securing the email messages?

  • APGP
  • BSMTP
  • CGPG (correct answer)
  • DS/MIME
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: GPG This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.

Topic 1 Β· Question 263

Roma is a member of a security team. She was tasked with protecting the internal network of an organization from imminent threats. To accomplish this task, Roma fed threat intelligence into the security devices in a digital format to block and identify inbound and outbound malicious traffic entering the organization's network. Which type of threat intelligence is used by Roma to secure the internal network?

  • AOperational threat intelligence
  • BStrategic threat intelligence
  • CTactical threat intelligence
  • DTechnical threat intelligence (correct answer)
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: D

The correct answer is D. Option D: Technical threat intelligence This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.

Topic 1 Β· Question 264

This type of injection attack does not show any error message. It is difficult to exploit as it returns information when the application is given SQL payloads that elicit a true or false response from the server. By observing the response, an attacker can extract sensitive information. What type of attack is this?

  • AUnion SQL injection
  • BError-based SQL injection
  • CTime-based SQL injection
  • DBlind SQL injection (correct answer)
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: D

The correct answer is D. Option D: Blind SQL injection

Explanation

SQL injection manipulates database queries through untrusted input and is mitigated with parameterized statements.

Topic 1 Β· Question 265

An attacker can employ many methods to perform social engineering against unsuspecting employees, including scareware. What is the best example of a scareware attack?

  • AA pop-up appears to a user stating, "You have won a free cruise! Click here to claim your prize!"
  • BA banner appears to a user stating, "Your account has been locked. Click here to reset your password and unlock your account."
  • CA pop-up appears to a user stating, "Your computer may have been infected with spyware. Click here to install an anti-spyware tool to resolve this issue." (correct answer)
  • DA banner appears to a user stating, "Your Amazon order has been delayed. Click here to find out your new delivery date."
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: A pop-up appears to a user stating, "Your computer may have been infected with spyware. Click here to install an anti-spyware tool to resolve this issue."

Topic 1 Β· Question 266

Leverox Solutions hired Arnold, a security professional, for the threat intelligence process. Arnold collected information about specific threats against the organization. From this information, he retrieved contextual information about security events and incidents that helped him disclose potential risks and gain insight into attacker methodologies. He collected the information from sources such as humans, social media, and chat rooms as well as from events that resulted in cyberattacks. In this process, he also prepared a report that includes identified malicious activities, recommended courses of action, and warnings for emerging attacks. What is the type of threat intelligence collected by Arnold in the above scenario?

  • AStrategic threat intelligence
  • BOperational threat intelligence (correct answer)
  • CTechnical threat intelligence
  • DTactical threat intelligence
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B

The correct answer is B. Option B: Operational threat intelligence This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.

Topic 1 Β· Question 267

Which of the following types of SQL injection attacks extends the results returned by the original query, enabling attackers to run two or more statements if they have the same structure as the original one?

  • AUnion SQL injection (correct answer)
  • BError-based injection
  • CBlind SQL injection
  • DBoolean-based blind SQL injection
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A. Option A: Union SQL injection

Explanation

SQL injection manipulates database queries through untrusted input and is mitigated with parameterized statements.

Topic 1 Β· Question 268

What information security law or standard aims at protecting stakeholders and the general public from accounting errors and fraudulent activities within organizations?

  • AFISMA
  • BPCI-DSS
  • CSOX (correct answer)
  • DISO/IEC 27001:2013
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: SOX This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.

Topic 1 Β· Question 269

Which of the following web vulnerabilities would an attacker be attempting to exploit if they delivered the following input?

Exhibit 1 for question 269
  • ASQLi
  • BXXE (correct answer)
  • CXXS
  • DIDOR
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B

The correct answer is B. Option B: XXE

Explanation

XML external entity injection abuses unsafe XML entity resolution to read files, reach internal services, or cause denial of service.

Topic 1 Β· Question 270

What useful information is gathered during a successful Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) enumeration?

  • AA list of all mail proxy server addresses used by the targeted host.
  • BThe internal command RCPT provides a list of ports open to message traffic.
  • CThe two internal commands VRFY and EXPN provide a confirmation of valid users, email addresses, aliases, and mailing lists. (correct answer)
  • DReveals the daily outgoing message limits before mailboxes are locked.
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: The two internal commands VRFY and EXPN provide a confirmation of valid users, email addresses, aliases, and mailing lists.

Topic 1 Β· Question 271

When considering how an attacker may exploit a web server, what is web server footprinting?

  • AWhen an attacker creates a complete profile of the site's external links and file structures (correct answer)
  • BWhen an attacker uses a brute-force attack to crack a web-server password
  • CWhen an attacker implements a vulnerability scanner to identity weaknesses
  • DWhen an attacker gathers system-level data, including account details and server names
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A. Option A: When an attacker creates a complete profile of the site's external links and file structures

Topic 1 Β· Question 272

An attacker identified that a user and an access point are both compatible with WPA2 and WPA3 encryption. The attacker installed a rogue access point with only WPA2 compatibility in the vicinity and forced the victim to go through the WPA2 four-way handshake to get connected. After the connection was established, the attacker used automated tools to crack WPA2-encrypted messages. What is the attack performed in the above scenario?

  • ACache-based attack
  • BTiming-based attack
  • CDowngrade security attack (correct answer)
  • DSide-channel attack
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: Downgrade security attack This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.

Topic 1 Β· Question 273

James is working as an ethical hacker at Technix Solutions. The management ordered James to discover how vulnerable its network is towards footprinting attacks. James took the help of an open-source framework for performing automated reconnaissance activities. This framework helped James in gathering information using free tools and resources. What is the framework used by James to conduct footprinting and reconnaissance activities?

  • AOSINT framework (correct answer)
  • BWebSploit Framework
  • CBrowser Exploitation Framework
  • DSpeedPhish Framework
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A. Option A: OSINT framework

Topic 1 Β· Question 274

What would be the purpose of running "wget 192.168.0.15 -q -S" against a web server?

  • APerforming content enumeration on the web server to discover hidden folders
  • BUsing wget to perform banner grabbing on the webserver (correct answer)
  • CFlooding the web server with requests to perform a DoS attack
  • DDownloading all the contents of the web page locally for further examination
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B

The correct answer is B. Option B: Using wget to perform banner grabbing on the webserver

Topic 1 Β· Question 275

Harris is attempting to identify the OS running on his target machine. He inspected the initial TTL in the IP header and the related TCP window size and obtained the following results: TTL: 64 - Window Size: 5840 - What the OS running on the target machine?

  • AWindows OS
  • BMac OS
  • CLinux OS (correct answer)
  • DSolaris OS
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: Linux OS

Topic 1 Β· Question 276

Calvin, a software developer, uses a feature that helps him auto-generate the content of a web page without manual involvement and is integrated with SSI directives. This leads to a vulnerability in the developed web application as this feature accepts remote user inputs and uses them on the page. Hackers can exploit this feature and pass malicious SSI directives as input values to perform malicious activities such as modifying and erasing server files. What is the type of injection attack Calvin's web application is susceptible to?

  • ACRLF injection
  • BServer-side template injection
  • CServer-side JS injection
  • DServer-side includes injection (correct answer)
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: D

The correct answer is D. Option D: Server-side includes injection

Topic 1 Β· Question 277

Jack, a professional hacker, targets an organization and performs vulnerability scanning on the target web server to identify any possible weaknesses, vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations. In this process, Jack uses an automated tool that eases his work and performs vulnerability scanning to find hosts, services, and other vulnerabilities in the target server. Which of the following tools is used by Jack to perform vulnerability scanning?

  • AInfoga
  • BNCollector Studio
  • CNetsparker (correct answer)
  • DWebCopier Pro
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: Netsparker

Topic 1 Β· Question 278

In an attempt to damage the reputation of a competitor organization, Hailey, a professional hacker, gathers a list of employee and client email addresses and other related information by using various search engines, social networking sites, and web spidering tools. In this process, she also uses an automated tool to gather a list of words from the target website to further perform a brute-force attack on the previously gathered email addresses. What is the tool used by Hailey for gathering a list of words from the target website?

  • ACeWL (correct answer)
  • BOrbot
  • CShadowsocks
  • DPsiphon
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A. Option A: CeWL

Topic 1 Β· Question 279

Miley, a professional hacker, decided to attack a target organization's network. To perform the attack, she used a tool to send fake ARP messages over the target network to link her MAC address with the target system's IP address. By performing this, Miley received messages directed to the victim's MAC address and further used the tool to intercept steal, modify, and block sensitive communication to the target system. What is the tool employed by Miley to perform the above attack?

  • AWireshark
  • BBetterCAP (correct answer)
  • CDerpNSpoof
  • DGobbler
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B

The correct answer is B. Option B: BetterCAP

Topic 1 Β· Question 280

George, an employee of an organization, is attempting to access restricted websites from an official computer. For this purpose, he used an anonymizer that masked his real IP address and ensured complete and continuous anonymity for all his online activities. Which of the following anonymizers helps George hide his activities?

  • Ahttps://www.baidu.com
  • Bhttps://www.guardster.com (correct answer)
  • Chttps://www.wolframalpha.com
  • Dhttps://karmadecay.com
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B

The correct answer is B. Option B: https://www.guardster.com

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