Question 6
Which form of attack is launched using botnets?
- TCP flood
- DDOS
- DOS
- virus
Question 7
In which form of attack is alternate encoding, such as hexadecimal representation, most often observed?
- smurf
- distributed denial of service
- cross-site scripting
- rootkit exploit
Question 8
Which flaw does an attacker leverage when exploiting SQL injection vulnerabilities?
- user input validation in a web page or web application
- Linux and Windows operating systems
- database
- web page images
Question 9
What is the difference between deceptive phishing and spear phishing?
- Deceptive phishing is an attacked aimed at a specific user in the organization who holds a C-level role.
- A spear phishing campaign is aimed at a specific person versus a group of people.
- Spear phishing is when the attack is aimed at the C-level executives of an organization.
- Deceptive phishing hijacks and manipulates the DNS server of the victim and redirects the user to a false webpage.
Question 10
Which two behavioral patterns characterize a ping of death attack? (Choose two.)
- The attack is fragmented into groups of 16 octets before transmission.
- The attack is fragmented into groups of 8 octets before transmission.
- Short synchronized bursts of traffic are used to disrupt TCP connections.
- Malformed packets are used to crash systems.
- Publicly accessible DNS servers are typically used to execute the attack.