Exploitation Flashcards
1
Q
metasploit
A
- MSF
- A computer security tool that offers information about software vulnerabilities, IDS signature development, and improves penetration testing
2
Q
Browswer exploitation framework
A
- BeEF
- A tool that can hook one or more browsers and can use them as a beachhead of launching various direct commands and further attacks against the system from within the browswer context
3
Q
Cain and Abel
A
- A password recovery tool that can be used through sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using dictionary, brute-force, and cryptanalysis attacks, recording VoIP conversations, decoding scrambled passwords, revealing password boxes, and analyzing routing protocols
- Microsoft proprietary
4
Q
Jack the ripper
A
- an open source password security auditing and password recovery tool available for many operating systems