Which type of attack involves the creation of some deception in order to trick unsuspecting users quizlet?

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What type of malicious software masquerades as legitimate software to entice the user to run it?

Trojan Horse

Which control is not designed to combat malware?

Firewalls

Which type of denial of service attack exploits the existence of software flaws to disrupt a service?

Logic Attack

Which type of attack involves the creation of some deception in order to trick unsuspecting users?

Fabrication

In which type of attack does the attacker attempt to take over an existing connection between two systems?

Session Hijacking

Which group is the most likely target of a social engineering attack?

Receptionists and Administrative Assistants

Maria's company recently experienced a major system outage due to the failure of a critical component. During that time period, the company did not register any sales through its online site. Which type of loss did the company experience as a result of lost sales?

Opportunity Cost

Brian notices an attack taking place on his network. When he digs deeper, he realizes that the attacker has a physical presence on the local network and is forging Media Access Control (MAC) addresses. Which type of attack is most likely taking place?

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) poisoning

Which term describes an action that can damage or compromise an asset?

Threat

Which tool can capture the packets transmitted between systems over a network?

Protocol Analyzer (Packet Sniffer or just Sniffer)

Which type of attack against a web application uses a newly discovered vulnerability that is not patchable?

Zero-Day Attack

Tony is working with a law enforcement agency to place a wiretap pursuant to a legitimate court order. The wiretap will monitor communications without making any modifications. What type of wiretap is Tony placing?

Passive Wiretap

Barry discovers that an attacker is running an access point in a building adjacent to his company. The access point is broadcasting the security set identifier (SSID) of an open network owned by the coffee shop in his lobby. Which type of attack is likely taking place?

Evil Twin

An attacker attempting to break into a facility pulls the fire alarm to distract the security guard manning an entry point. Which type of social engineering attack is the attacker using?

Urgency

Yuri is a skilled computer security expert who attempts to break into the systems belonging to his clients. He has permission from the clients to perform this testing as part of a paid contract. What type of person is Yuri?

White-Hat Hacker

Which password attack is typically used specifically against password files that contain cryptographic hashes?

Birthday Attacks

Users throughout Alison's organization have been receiving unwanted commercial messages over the organization's instant messaging program. What type of attack is taking place?

Spim

Which one of the following is an example of a disclosure threat?

Espionage

Bob is using a port scanner to identify open ports on a server in his environment. He is scanning a web server that uses Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Which port should Bob expect to be open to support this service?

Port 80: Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP)

Port 21: FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
Port 443: HTTP over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Port 23: Telnet

Florian recently purchased a set of domain names that are similar to those of legitimate websites and used the newly purchased sites to host malware. Which type of attack is Florian using?

Typosquatting (URL Hijacking)

A DoS attack is a coordinated attempt to deny service by occupying a computer to perform large amounts of unnecessary tasks.

True.

Failing to prevent an attack all but invites an attack.

True.

When servers need operating system upgrades or patches, administrators take them offline intentionally so they can perform the necessary work without risking malicious attacks.

True.

Rootkits are malicious software programs designed to be hidden from normal methods of detection.

True.

A phishing attack "poisons" a domain name on a domain name server.

False.
Pharming is another type of attack that seeks to obtain personal or private financial information through domain spoofing. A pharming attack doesn't use messages to trick victims into visiting spoofed websites that appear legitimate, however. Instead, pharming "poisons" a domain name on the domain name server (DNS), a process known as DNS poisoning.

Using a secure logon and authentication process is one of the six steps used to prevent malware.

True.

•Create an education (information security awareness) program to keep your users from installing malware on your system.
• Post regular bulletins about malware problems.
• Never transfer files from an unknown or untrusted source unless the computer has an anti-malware utility installed.
• Test new programs or open suspect files on a quarantine computer—one that is not connected to any part of your network—before introducing them to the production environment.
• Install anti-malware software, make sure the software and data are current, and schedule regular malware scans to prevent malicious users from introducing malware and to detect any existing malware.
• Use a secure logon and authentication process.

Denial of service (DoS) attacks are larger in scope than distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

False.

DDoS attacks are larger.

Spyware gathers information about a user through an Internet connection, without his or her knowledge.

True.

A rootkit uses a directed broadcast to create a flood of network traffic for the victim computer.

False.

Smurfing - A DoS attack that uses a directed broadcast to create a flood of network traffic for the victim computer.

The main difference between a virus and a worm is that a virus does not need a host program to infect.

False.

A worm does not need a host.

An attacker uses exploit software when wardialing.

False.

Wardialer - A computer program used to identify the
phone numbers that can successfully make a connection
with a computer modem.

The anti-malware utility is one of the most popular backdoor tools in use today.

False.

Anti-malware Utilities - Norton, Webroot, TrendMicro, Avast, AVG, Malwarebytes... etc

Wardialers are becoming more frequently used given the rise of Voice over IP (VoIP).

False.

Wardialers are becoming more archaic and less often used due to the rise of digital telephony, IP telephony, or Voice over IP (VoIP).

A man-in-the-middle attack takes advantage of the multihop process used by many types of networks.

True.

A man-in-the-middle attack takes advantage of the multihop process used by many types of networks. In this type of attack, an attacker intercepts messages between two parties before transferring them on to their intended destination.

An alteration threat violates information integrity.

True.

Spam is some act intended to deceive or trick the receiver, normally in email messages.

False.

Spam - Unwanted email or unsolicited messages.

A hoax is some act intended to deceive or trick the receiver.

A phishing email is a fake or bogus email intended to trick the recipient into clicking on an embedded URL link or opening an email attachment.

True.

Vishing is a type of wireless network attack.

False.

Vishing - The act of performing a phishing attack by
telephone in order to elicit personal information.

A birthday attack is a type of cryptographic attack that is used to make brute-force attack of one-way hashes easier.

True.

A dictionary password attack is a type of attack in which one person, program, or computer disguises itself as another person, program, or computer to gain access to some resource.

False.

Spoofing is a type of attack in which one person, program, or computer disguises itself as another person, program, or computer to gain access to some resource.

A dictionary password attack is a simple attack that relies on users making poor password choices.

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What is a social engineering attack? Social engineering attacks typically involve some form of psychological manipulation, fooling otherwise unsuspecting users or employees into handing over confidential or sensitive data.