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Which category of attacks involves creating illegitimate information within a system alongside authentic data?

Modification

Fabrication (correct)

Interception

Interruption

What is the main objective of a fabrication attack?

To modify authentic data

To interrupt system processes

To gain trust (correct)

To intercept data

Which category of attacks involves manipulating or altering data in a system?

Interception

Modification (correct)

Fabrication

Interruption

Which category of attack primarily threatens data confidentiality?

Interception Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of an interruption attack?

Identity spoofing Signup and view all the answers

Which category of attack primarily threatens data integrity?

Modification Signup and view all the answers

What can be used to mitigate fabrication attacks?

Digital signatures 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 can happen to the switch CAM table when switches are heavily loaded during attacks?

It becomes disrupted Signup and view all the answers

Which functionality is designed to prevent ARP redirection attacks on Cisco Catalyst 6500 switches?

Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI) Signup and view all the answers

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

Unauthorized file viewing or copying Signup and view all the answers

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

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 legal controversy led to the injunction and shutdown of the original Napster service?

RIAA v. Napster case Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a common offline attack method mentioned in the text?

Using joe-doe to crack a UNIX shadow file Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of ARP redirection?

To insert the attacker in the middle of a conversation Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a consequence of ARP cache poisoning?

Routing packets to /dev/null resulting in a DoS attack Signup and view all the answers

What is a potential implication of ARP-related attacks on VoIP traffic?

Intercepting and recording voice conversations Signup and view all the answers

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

Common criteria analysis Signup and view all the answers

What type of attack involves intercepting a message and keeping a copy of it?

Message replay attack Signup and view all the answers

Which type of attack involves an attacker masquerading as a genuine employee to trick a third party into divulging information?

Social engineering Signup and view all the answers

What type of attack is designed to deny legitimate users access to resources?

Distributed DoS (DDoS) attack Signup and view all the answers

Which type of attack causes heavy traffic and affects the response time and performance of normal business correspondence?

Bandwidth clogging attack Signup and view all the answers

Which type of attack can be categorized as an interruption attack and obstructs availability?

Denial of service (DoS) attack Signup and view all the answers

Which type of attack uses malware to max out a user's CPU time or crash a system by triggering errors in instructions?

CPU overload attack Signup and view all the answers

Which type of attack involves an attacker registering with a P2P overlay, gaining access to multiple peer devices, and launching an attack with all the zombies on a target device or service at a predetermined time?

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack Signup and view all the answers

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Which category of attacks involves creating illegitimate information within a system alongside authentic data?

What is the main objective of a fabrication attack?

Which category of attacks involves manipulating or altering data in a system?

Which category of attack primarily threatens data confidentiality?

What is an example of an interruption attack?

Which category of attack primarily threatens data integrity?

What can be used to mitigate fabrication attacks?

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

What can happen to the switch CAM table when switches are heavily loaded during attacks?

Which functionality is designed to prevent ARP redirection attacks on Cisco Catalyst 6500 switches?

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

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

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

Which legal controversy led to the injunction and shutdown of the original Napster service?

Which of the following is a common offline attack method mentioned in the text?

What is the purpose of ARP redirection?

Which of the following is a consequence of ARP cache poisoning?

What is a potential implication of ARP-related attacks on VoIP traffic?

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

What type of attack involves intercepting a message and keeping a copy of it?

Which type of attack involves an attacker masquerading as a genuine employee to trick a third party into divulging information?

What type of attack is designed to deny legitimate users access to resources?

Which type of attack causes heavy traffic and affects the response time and performance of normal business correspondence?

Which type of attack can be categorized as an interruption attack and obstructs availability?

Which type of attack uses malware to max out a user's CPU time or crash a system by triggering errors in instructions?

Which type of attack involves an attacker registering with a P2P overlay, gaining access to multiple peer devices, and launching an attack with all the zombies on a target device or service at a predetermined time?

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