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Which of the following best defines fingerprinting in the context of cybersecurity?
Which of the following best defines fingerprinting in the context of cybersecurity?
- A method to identify device and OS types and versions (correct)
- A type of malware that tries to extort money from the victim
- Any attack that causes a service to become unavailable
- An attack where the attacker disguises their identity
What does threat research produce?
What does threat research produce?
- Analysis of common types of attacks (correct)
- Malware that tries to extort money from the victim
- Spoofing techniques
- Methods to identify device and OS types and versions
Which of the following best describes a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack?
Which of the following best describes a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack?
- A type of malware that tries to extort money from the victim
- An attack where the attacker disguises their identity
- Any attack that causes a service to become unavailable
- A specific type of spoofing attack where a threat actor compromises the connection between two hosts and intercepts and relays all communications (correct)
What is an evil twin in the context of cybersecurity?
What is an evil twin in the context of cybersecurity?
How would you define ransomware?
How would you define ransomware?
True or false: Fingerprinting allows a threat actor to identify device and OS types and versions.
True or false: Fingerprinting allows a threat actor to identify device and OS types and versions.
True or false: Threat research produces analysis of common types of attacks, or threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
True or false: Threat research produces analysis of common types of attacks, or threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
True or false: Spoofing is any type of attack where the attacker disguises his or her identity.
True or false: Spoofing is any type of attack where the attacker disguises his or her identity.
True or false: Denial of Service Attacks are any attacks that cause a service to become unavailable to users.
True or false: Denial of Service Attacks are any attacks that cause a service to become unavailable to users.
True or false: An evil twin might advertise a similar network name (SSID) to the legitimate one.
True or false: An evil twin might advertise a similar network name (SSID) to the legitimate one.
