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What does a rootkit modify?

ITExamAnswers Editorial Team asked 4 years ago • Cybersecurity Essentials, Endpoint Security, Network Support and Security

What is the term used when a malicious party sends a fraudulent email disguised as being from a legitimate, trusted source?

ITExamAnswers Editorial Team asked 6 years ago • CCNA CyberOps, CCNA Security, Cybersecurity Essentials, Endpoint Security, Network Support and Security, Networking Essentials

An attacker is sitting in front of a store and wirelessly copies emails and contact lists from nearby unsuspecting user devices. What type of attack is this?

ITExamAnswers Editorial Team asked 4 years ago • Cybersecurity Essentials, Endpoint Security, Network Support and Security

What type of attack targets an SQL database using the input field of a user?

ITExamAnswers Editorial Team asked 6 years ago • CCNA CyberOps, Cybersecurity Essentials, DevNet, Endpoint Security, Network Support and Security

A cyber criminal sends a series of maliciously formatted packets to the database server. The server cannot parse the packets and the event causes the server to crash. What is the type of attack the cyber criminal launches?

ITExamAnswers Editorial Team asked 4 years ago • Cybersecurity Essentials, Endpoint Security, Network Support and Security

A secretary receives a phone call from someone claiming that their manager is about to give an important presentation but the presentation files are corrupted. The caller sternly asks that the secretary email the presentation right away to a personal email address. The caller also states that the secretary is being held personally responsible for the success of this presentation. What type of social engineering tactic is the caller using?

ITExamAnswers Editorial Team asked 3 years ago • Cybersecurity Essentials, Endpoint Security, IT Essentials 8, Network Support and Security, Networking Essentials

What non-technical method could a cybercriminal use to gather sensitive information from an organization?

ITExamAnswers Editorial Team asked 4 years ago • Cybersecurity Essentials, Endpoint Security, Network Support and Security, Networking Essentials

What type of attack occurs when data goes beyond the memory areas allocated to an application?

ITExamAnswers Editorial Team asked 4 years ago • Cybersecurity Essentials, Endpoint Security, Network Support and Security, Networking Essentials

Employees in an organization report that they cannot access the customer database on the main server. Further investigation reveals that the database file is now encrypted. Shortly afterward, the organization receives a threatening email demanding payment for the decryption of the database file. What type of attack has the organization experienced?

ITExamAnswers Editorial Team asked 4 years ago • CCNA CyberOps, Cybersecurity Essentials, Endpoint Security, IT Essentials 8, Network Support and Security, Networking Essentials

A penetration test carried out by an organization identified a backdoor on the network. What action should the organization take to find out if their systems have been compromised?

ITExamAnswers Editorial Team asked 4 years ago • Cybersecurity Essentials, Endpoint Security, Network Support and Security, Networking Essentials

The employees in a company receive an email stating that the account password will expire immediately and requires a password reset within 5 minutes. Which statement would classify this email?

ITExamAnswers Editorial Team asked 4 years ago • Cybersecurity Essentials, Endpoint Security, Network Support and Security

Which type of cyber threat would cause electrical power outages?

ITExamAnswers Editorial Team asked 3 years ago • Network Support and Security, Networking Essentials

All employees in an organization receive an email stating that their account password will expire immediately and that they should reset their password within five minutes. Which of the following statements best describes this email?

ITExamAnswers Editorial Team asked 4 years ago • Cybersecurity Essentials, Endpoint Security, Network Support and Security, Networking Essentials

Which protocol is used by network management systems to collect data from network devices?

ITExamAnswers Editorial Team asked 3 years ago • Network Support and Security

Which output of a ping command can determine two important pieces of information? (Choose two.)

ITExamAnswers Editorial Team asked 3 years ago • Network Support and Security, Networking Essentials

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