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
initial intrusion
Explanation:
After the attacker completes preparations, subsequent step is an effort to realize an edge
within the target’s environment. a particularly common entry tactic is that the use of
spearphishing emails containing an internet link or attachment. Email links usually cause
sites where the target’s browser and related software are subjected to varied exploit
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.
Elicitatiom
D.
Phishing
Diversion theft
In an internal security audit, the white hat hacker gains control over a user account and
attempts to acquire access to another account's confidential files and information. How can
he achieve this?
A.
Privilege Escalation
B.
Shoulder-Surfing
C.
Hacking Active Directory
D.
Port Scanning
Privilege Escalation
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 password-cracking application, what type of attack is Ricardo performing?
A.
Known plaintext
B.
Password spraying
C.
Brute force
D.
Dictionary
Brute force
Explanation:
A brute force attack could be a popular cracking method: by some accounts, brute force
attacks accounted for five% has a of confirmed security breaches. A brute force attack
involves ‘guessing’ username and passwords to achieve unauthorized access to a system.
Brute force could be a easy attack methodology and encompasses a high success
rate.Some attackers use applications and scripts as brute force tools. These tools attempt
various parole combos to bypass authentication processes. In different cases, attackers try
and access net applications by sorting out the correct session ID. offender motivation might
embody stealing data, infecting sites with malware, or disrupting service.While some
attackers still perform brute force attacks manually, nowadays most brute force attacks
nowadays area unit performed by bots. Attackers have lists of ordinarily used credentials,
or real user credentials, obtained via security breaches or the dark net. Bots consistently
attack websites and take a look at these lists of credentials, and apprize the offender after
they gain access.
Types of Brute Force Attacks• Simple brute force attack—uses a scientific approach to
‘guess’ that doesn’t believe outside logic.• Hybrid brute force attacks—starts from external
logic to see that parole variation could also be presumably to succeed, then continues with
the easy approach to undertake several potential variations.• Dictionary attacks—guesses
username or passwords employing a wordbook of potential strings or phrases.• Rainbow
table attacks—a rainbow table could be a precomputed table for reversing cryptologic hash
functions. It may be wont to guess a perform up to a precise length consisting of a
restricted set of characters.• Reverse brute force attack—uses a typical parole or
assortment of passwords against several potential username . Targets a network of users
that the attackers have antecedently obtained knowledge.• Credential stuffing—uses
previously-known password-username pairs, attempting them against multiple websites.
Exploits the actual fact that several users have an equivalent username and parole across
totally different systems.
Hydra and different widespread Brute Force Attack ToolsSecurity analysts use the THCHydra
tool to spot vulnerabilities in shopper systems. Hydra quickly runs through an
outsized range of parole combos, either easy brute force or dictionary-based. It will attack
quite fifty protocols and multiple operational systems. Hydra is an open platform; the safety
community and attackers perpetually develop new modules.
Other high brute force tools are:• Aircrack-ng—can be used on Windows, Linux, iOS, and
golem. It uses a wordbook of wide used passwords to breach wireless networks.• John the
Ripper—runs on fifteen totally different platforms as well as UNIX operating system
Windows, and OpenVMS. Tries all potential combos employing a dictionary of potential
passwords.• L0phtCrack—a tool for cracking Windows passwords. It uses rainbow tables,
dictionaries, and digital computer algorithms.• Hashcat—works on Windows, Linux, and
Mac OS. will perform easy brute force, rule-based, and hybrid attacks.• DaveGrohl—an
open-source tool for cracking mac OS. may be distributed across multiple computers.•
Ncrack—a tool for cracking network authentication. It may be used on Windows, Linux, and
BSD.
Richard, an attacker, targets an MNC. in this process, he uses a footprinting technique to
gather as much information as possible. Using this technique, he gathers domain
information such as the target domain name, contact details of its owner, expiry date, and
creation date. With this information, he creates a map of the organization's network and
misleads domain owners with social engineering to obtain internal details of its network.
What type of footprinting technique is employed by Richard?
A.
VoIP footprinting
B.
VPN footprinting
C.
Whois footprinting
D.
Email footprinting
Email footprinting
Explanation:
Email header reveals information about the mail server, original sender’s email id, internal
IP addressing scheme, also because the possible architecture of the target network.
Tracking Email Communications• Email tracking is employed to watch the delivery of
emails to an intended recipient.• Attackers track emails to collect information a few target
recipient so as to perform social engineering and other attacks.• Get recipient’s system IP
address• Geolocation of the recipient• When the e-mail was received and skim• Whether or
not the recipient visited any links sent to them• Get recipient’s browser and OS information•
Time spent on reading the emails
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