R Glossary

Question 1

Rainbow Tables

Answer 1

Precomputed password hashes, which can make password cracking a lot faster

Question 2

Ransomware

Answer 2

Malware that typically encrypts a user’s data, demanding money for the decryption key to get the user’s data restored

Question 3

Reconnaissance

Answer 3

Identifying info about the target before attacking

Question 4

ring 0

Answer 4

The innermost security ring of a system. It has the most direct hardware access

Question 5

RIR

Answer 5

An org that manages IP addressing in 1 of 5 regions around the world

Regional Internet Registry

Question 6

Risk

Answer 6

The measurable potential (probability) for loss or damage

Question 7

RMI

Answer 7

Interprocess communication using Java, which can be done across a network

Remote Method Invocation

Question 8

rootkit

Answer 8

A piece of software that may be used to obscure the existence of malware and may also provide backdoor access to a system for an attacker

Question 9

RPC

Answer 9

A means for interprocess communication across a network

Remote Procedure Call