CompTIA Security+ Cert Prep #19 (25)

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The Chief Information Officer (CIO) receives an anonymous threatening message that says “beware of the 1st of the year”. The CIO suspects the message may be from a former disgruntled employee planning an attack. Which of the following should the CIO be concerned with?

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Ann, a software developer, has installed some code to reactivate her account one week after her account has been disabled. Which of the following is this an example of? (Select TWO).

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Which of the following malware types is MOST likely to execute its payload after Jane, an employee, has left the company?

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Pete, a security analyst, has been tasked with explaining the different types of malware to his colleagues. The two malware types that the group seems to be most interested in are botnets and viruses. Which of the following explains the difference between these two types of malware?

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A user, Ann, is reporting to the company IT support group that her workstation screen is blank other than a window with a message requesting payment or else her hard drive will be formatted. Which of the following types of malware is on Ann’s workstation?

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Which of the following describes a type of malware which is difficult to reverse engineer in a virtual lab?

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A server with the IP address of 10.10.2.4 has been having intermittent connection issues. The logs show repeated connection attempts from the following IPs: 10.10.3.16 10.10.3.23 212.178.24.26 217.24.94.83 These attempts are overloading the server to the point that it cannot respond to traffic. Which of the following attacks is occurring?

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A distributed denial of service attack can BEST be described as:

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An administrator notices an unusual spike in network traffic from many sources. The administrator suspects that:

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A security technician at a small business is worried about the Layer 2 switches in the network suffering from a DoS style attack caused by staff incorrectly cabling network connections between switches. Which of the following will BEST mitigate the risk if implemented on the switches?

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An administrator is assigned to monitor servers in a data center. A web server connected to the Internet suddenly experiences a large spike in CPU activity. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

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Which of the following attacks could be used to initiate a subsequent man-in-the-middle attack?

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A network analyst received a number of reports that impersonation was taking place on the network. Session tokens were deployed to mitigate this issue and defend against which of the following attacks?

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CompTIA Security+ Cert Prep #19 (25)

Question 1 of 1

Time Left

The Chief Information Officer (CIO) receives an anonymous threatening message that says “beware of the 1st of the year”. The CIO suspects the message may be from a former disgruntled employee planning an attack. Which of the following should the CIO be concerned with?

Select the correct answer(s).

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Ann, a software developer, has installed some code to reactivate her account one week after her account has been disabled. Which of the following is this an example of? (Select TWO).

Select the correct answer(s).

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Which of the following malware types is MOST likely to execute its payload after Jane, an employee, has left the company?

Select the correct answer(s).

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Pete, a security analyst, has been tasked with explaining the different types of malware to his colleagues. The two malware types that the group seems to be most interested in are botnets and viruses. Which of the following explains the difference between these two types of malware?

Select the correct answer(s).

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A user, Ann, is reporting to the company IT support group that her workstation screen is blank other than a window with a message requesting payment or else her hard drive will be formatted. Which of the following types of malware is on Ann’s workstation?

Select the correct answer(s).

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Which of the following describes a type of malware which is difficult to reverse engineer in a virtual lab?

Select the correct answer(s).

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Select the correct answer(s).

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A distributed denial of service attack can BEST be described as:

Select the correct answer(s).

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An administrator notices an unusual spike in network traffic from many sources. The administrator suspects that:

Select the correct answer(s).

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A security technician at a small business is worried about the Layer 2 switches in the network suffering from a DoS style attack caused by staff incorrectly cabling network connections between switches. Which of the following will BEST mitigate the risk if implemented on the switches?

Select the correct answer(s).

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An administrator is assigned to monitor servers in a data center. A web server connected to the Internet suddenly experiences a large spike in CPU activity. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

Select the correct answer(s).

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Which of the following attacks could be used to initiate a subsequent man-in-the-middle attack?

Select the correct answer(s).

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A network analyst received a number of reports that impersonation was taking place on the network. Session tokens were deployed to mitigate this issue and defend against which of the following attacks?

Select the correct answer(s).

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Timestamps and sequence numbers act as countermeasures against which of the following types of attacks?

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Which of the following BEST describes the type of attack that is occurring?

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