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Securing Individual Systems Part 2 Flashcards

1
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This is also known as media sanitation…

A

Data Destruction

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2
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How are monitors vulnerable?

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They have USB slots that could be used to get into system

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3
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ACL

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Access Control List

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4
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RATs

-Trojan that doesn’t do anything bad until someone tells it to remotely

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Remote Access Trojans

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5
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Virus that’s designed to make itself hard to find

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Armored Virus

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6
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Type of secure operating system?

  • Windows Server
  • built in funtionality
  • more connections
A

Server OS

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7
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WPS

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Press a button on your printer and then on your computer and you’re connected via WPA-2 encryption

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8
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Type of secure operating system?

-Desktop versions

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Workstation

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9
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SED

-TPM built into drive

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Self Encrypting Drive

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10
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EMI

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Electromagnetic Interference

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11
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True or False

-Host-based firewalls are set up as implicit deny by default

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True

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12
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What is a Rubber Ducky?

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USB stick that you’re computer sees as a keyboard, but is actually a hacking tool that can run scripts and such

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13
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Developer could write this into software for good or bad reasons

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Backdoor

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14
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Clearing

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Can be done with commands such as erase, format, and delete - these methods are not final

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15
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Type of secure operating system?

  • Apple
  • Android
A

Mobile OS

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16
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IDS

-Can help detect threats to the host

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Intrusion Detection System

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17
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Type of secure operating system?

  • limited functions
  • usually linux based
A

Kiosk

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18
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Programs that try to put ads up

A

Adware

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19
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Clustering

A

More than one computer doing the same job

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20
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Bluetooth has how many classes?

A

Class 1 - 328’
Class 2 - 33’ distance (most popular for phone/headphones)
Class 3 - 3’

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21
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Used in smart phones and cars to ensure security on these embedded systems…

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Secure Boot

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22
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Where can you disable ports?

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In the bios

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23
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FDE

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Full Disk Encryption

24
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What does an ISCSI Initiator do?

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Finds the SAN drives

25
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HSM

-Handles all digital signatures - web servers are an example of who would use this

A

Hardware Security Module

26
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Blue-Snarfing

A

Connecting to someones bluetooth without permission to steal data

27
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IDS

  • Inside the network
  • Watches within the network traffic
  • Sends alerts on suspicious activity
A

Intrusion Detection Software

28
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Purging

A

Will process the device to remove data from the drive - the device will no longer be usable
Ex: magnet machine

29
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DEP

-Keeps people from running code through system memory reserved locations

A

Data Execution Prevention

30
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Piece of software that attaches to other files, propagates, and spreads to other devices, and then eventually activates

A

Virus

31
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Software you don’t want on your computer - it may or may not be bad

A

Malware

32
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Malware that changes itself enough to confuse virus detection

A

Polymorphic Malware

33
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Similar to RATs - are triggered by an event and not someone remotely

A

Logic Bomb

34
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Some form of malware that sends your info back to the creator of it

A

Spyware

35
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Blue-Jacking

A

Linking up to someones bluetooth without permission just to use resource

36
Q

This is a built-in Windows tool to write and custom build scripts to automate tasks

A

PowerShell

37
Q

Type of secure operating system?

-certified machines that are locked down as much as possible while keeping functionality

A

Trusted OS

38
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What are removable media controls?

A

Not allowing people to use optical drives - can shut it off or put a policy on it

39
Q

ACL that allows programs

A

White List

40
Q

Software that’s running on your system - could be software you’re using but is also doing something bad in the background

A

Trojan

41
Q

Scan results identify a file that may not actually harm a system or is actually allowed on the system

A

False Positive

42
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Records keystrokes

A

Keylogger

43
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Destroying

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Will ruin the data and physical media - this includes paper, tape, electronic data, etc.
Ex: Burning, shredding, pulping

44
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ACL that denies programs

A

Black List

45
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Type of secure operating system?

-appliance

A

Embedded System

46
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Software that escalates privileges to execute other things on computer - could be good or bad

A

Rootkit

47
Q

Application management / Desktop Management tools

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Used to make sure everyone is running the correct version of things and all licenses are accounted for

48
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IPS

  • Active IDS
  • Usually close to the edge of the network
  • Action to prevent will occur at the IPS device
A

Intrusion Prevention System

49
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Hidden Wifi

A

Ex: they make sd cards wifi cards - you cna plug them into someones printer/security camera and now you’ve created a wifi hotspot on their network

50
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SAN

  • Creates new local drives - not network drives
  • ISCSI is another name for this
A

Storage Area Networking

51
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TPM

-Chip that holds encryption keys for that drive - usually activated at bios to be able to encrypt drive

A

Trusted Platform Module

52
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NAS

  • File based sharing protocol
  • Runs over standard network
    ex: SMB share
A

Network Attached Storage

53
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SFC

  • Is a file integrity tool
  • Checks windows core files
A

System File Checker

54
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RFI

A

Radio Frequency Interference

55
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What does a file integrity check do?

A

Verifies the file isn’t corrupted and that the version and date match expectation

56
Q

ESD

A

Electrostatic Discharge

57
Q

Type of malware that locks up your system until you pay someone money

A

Ransomware/crypto-malware

CompTIA Security+ (7 decks)

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