SY0-501

SY0-501 practice questions, page 23 of 46, with answer review and explanations.

Question 111

A penetration tester finds that a company's login credentials for the email client were being sent in clear text. Which of the following should be done to provide encrypted logins to the email server?

  1. Enable IPSec and configure SMTP.
  2. Enable SSH and LDAP credentials.
  3. Enable MIME services and POP3.
  4. Enable an SSL certificate for IMAP services.

Question 112

Before an infection was detected, several of the infected devices attempted to access a URL that was similar to the company name but with two letters transposed. Which of the following BEST describes the attack vector used to infect the devices?

  1. Cross-site scripting
  2. DNS poisoning
  3. Typo squatting
  4. URL hijacking

Question 113

A systems administrator is reviewing the following information from a compromised server: Given the above information, which of the following processes was MOST likely exploited via a remote buffer overflow attack?

  1. Apache
  2. LSASS
  3. MySQL
  4. TFTP

Question 114

Joe, a security administrator, needs to extend the organization's remote access functionality to be used by staff while travelling. Joe needs to maintain separate access control functionalities for internal, external, and VOIP services. Which of the following represents the BEST access technology for Joe to use?

  1. RADIUS
  2. TACACS+
  3. Diameter
  4. Kerberos

Question 115

The availability of a system has been labeled as the highest priority. Which of the following should be focused on the MOST to ensure the objective?

  1. Authentication
  2. HVAC
  3. Full-disk encryption
  4. File integrity checking