MOD 6 QUIZ- Malicious Code

Question 1

What is APT?

Answer 1

Advanced Persistent Threat

Question 2

What is Code Signing?

Answer 2

Using digital signatures to ensure authenticity of code

Question 3

What are security flaws discovered by hackers that have not been thoroughly addressed by the security community?

Answer 3

Zero-Days

Question 4

What is one of the primary uses of a Botnet?

Answer 4

DDoS

Question 5

What type of attack uses a specially formatted input to execute user-defined SQL Commands?

Answer 5

SQL Injection

Question 6

What is Spyware?

Question 7

Which well-known worm infected Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities in mid-2010?

Question 8

What are all the pertinent Secure Coding Practices?

Answer 8

Eliminate Hard-Coded Credentials
Maintain Error Handling
Secure Code Comments

Question 9

What are all the Pertinent Application Attacks

Answer 9

Buffer Overflow
Rootkit
Backdoor

Question 10

What is a Logic Bomb?

Answer 10

Malicious code that lies dormant until triggered

Question 11

What are the main functions of a virus?

Answer 11

Propagation
Destruction

Question 12

What is Malware?

Answer 12

A broad range of software threats that exploit security vulnerabilities to spread malicious payloads

Question 13

What Virus Propagation Technique injects itself into trustworthy processes?

Answer 13

Service Injection

Question 14

What viruses use encryption to hide malicious activity?

Answer 14

Encrypted Viruses

Question 15

What is Integrity Monitoring?

Answer 15

Programs that detect unauthorized file modifications