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Which of the following is NOT one of the four broad-based categories used to classify attacks and threats in an Information Security context?

Interruption

Modification

Interception (correct)

Fabrication

Which category of attacks involves the creation of illegitimate information, processes, communications, or other data within a system?

Interception

Fabrication (correct)

Interruption

Modification

Which category of attacks involves the unauthorized access and capture of information during transmission?

Modification

Fabrication

Interruption

Interception (correct)

Which category of attack primarily threatens data confidentiality?

Interception Signup and view all the answers

Which category of attack primarily threatens data availability?

Interruption Signup and view all the answers

Which category of attack primarily threatens data integrity?

Modification Signup and view all the answers

Which category of attack involves injecting bogus data or creating a false trail in the system?

Fabrication Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an example of an interception attack?

Unauthorized file viewing Signup and view all the answers

What type of attack primarily affects integrity but could also be considered an availability attack?

Fabrication attack Signup and view all the answers

Which attack involves generating data, processes, or communications with a system?

Fabrication attack Signup and view all the answers

What is the major attack discovered in studies of file sharing system security?

Theft attack Signup and view all the answers

Which tool can be used to monitor MAC to IP address mappings?

Arpwatch Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI)?

Prevent layer two and layer three spoofing attacks Signup and view all the answers

Which type of switches support Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI)?

Cisco Catalyst 6500 switches Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a type of attack discussed in the text?

Buffer overflow attack Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe situations in which an attacker masquerades as a genuine employee and tricks a third party into divulging information?

Social engineering Signup and view all the answers

What type of attack involves intercepting a message and keeping a copy to obtain valuable data?

Message interception attack Signup and view all the answers

What type of attack involves replaying genuine traffic that has been recorded previously using sniffer software?

Message replay attack Signup and view all the answers

Which type of attack is characterized by manipulating peers to issue multimedia download or streaming simultaneously, causing heavy traffic and clogging an organization's network?

Bandwidth clogging attack Signup and view all the answers

What is the main goal of preventing unauthorized copying and online distribution of music files, as mentioned in the text?

To protect the rights of musicians and artists Signup and view all the answers

What is the most aggressive type of P2P-DDoS attack mentioned in the text?

DC++ attack Signup and view all the answers

What advantage do DDoS attacks have for adversaries, as mentioned in the text?

Both 1 and 2 Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a type of online brute-force attack?

Cracking a UNIX shadow file Signup and view all the answers

What is a common misconception about deploying a fully switched network to the desktop?

It prevents the ability of network users to sniff network traffic Signup and view all the answers

Which technique involves sending unsolicited ARP replies to a target host in order to poison its ARP cache?

ARP spoofing Signup and view all the answers

What is the potential consequence of an ARP-related attack known as ARP redirection?

Intercepting and decoding VoIP traffic Signup and view all the answers

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Which of the following is NOT one of the four broad-based categories used to classify attacks and threats in an Information Security context?

Which category of attacks involves the creation of illegitimate information, processes, communications, or other data within a system?

Which category of attacks involves the unauthorized access and capture of information during transmission?

Which category of attack primarily threatens data confidentiality?

Which category of attack primarily threatens data availability?

Which category of attack primarily threatens data integrity?

Which category of attack involves injecting bogus data or creating a false trail in the system?

Which of the following is an example of an interception attack?

What type of attack primarily affects integrity but could also be considered an availability attack?

Which attack involves generating data, processes, or communications with a system?

What is the major attack discovered in studies of file sharing system security?

Which tool can be used to monitor MAC to IP address mappings?

What is the purpose of Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI)?

Which type of switches support Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI)?

Which of the following is NOT a type of attack discussed in the text?

What is the term used to describe situations in which an attacker masquerades as a genuine employee and tricks a third party into divulging information?

What type of attack involves intercepting a message and keeping a copy to obtain valuable data?

What type of attack involves replaying genuine traffic that has been recorded previously using sniffer software?

Which type of attack is characterized by manipulating peers to issue multimedia download or streaming simultaneously, causing heavy traffic and clogging an organization's network?

What is the main goal of preventing unauthorized copying and online distribution of music files, as mentioned in the text?

What is the most aggressive type of P2P-DDoS attack mentioned in the text?

What advantage do DDoS attacks have for adversaries, as mentioned in the text?

Which of the following is a type of online brute-force attack?

What is a common misconception about deploying a fully switched network to the desktop?

Which technique involves sending unsolicited ARP replies to a target host in order to poison its ARP cache?

What is the potential consequence of an ARP-related attack known as ARP redirection?

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