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What piece of hardware on a computer’s motherboard generates encryption keys and only releases a part of the key so that decrypting a disk on a new piece of hardware is not possible?

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What piece of hardware on a computer’s motherboard generates encryption keys and only releases a part of the key so that decrypting a disk on a new piece of hardware is not possible? Option 1: CPU Option 2 : UEFI Option 3: GPU Option 4 : TPM 1. CPU The pc’s central process unit (CPU) is that the portion of a computer that retrieves and executes instructions. … The cpu is usually simply mentioned as …

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domains

Clark is a professional hacker. He created and configured multiple domains pointing to the same host to switch quickly between the domains and avoid detection. Identify the behavior of the adversary in the above scenario.

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Clark is a professional hacker. He created and configured multiple domains pointing to the same host to switch quickly between the domains and avoid detection. Identify the behavior of the adversary in the above scenario. Option 1 : Use of DNS tunneling Option 2 : Unspecified proxy activities Option 3 : Use of command-line interface Option 4 : Data staging 1. Use of DNS tunneling DNS tunneling enables these cyber criminals to insert malware or …

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RST

Sam is a penetration tester hired by Inception Tech, a security organization. He was asked to perform port scanning on a target host in the network. While performing the given task, Sam sends FIN/ACK probes and determines that an RST packet is sent in response by the target host, indicating that the port is closed. What is the port scanning technique used by Sam to discovers open ports?

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Sam is a penetration tester hired by Inception Tech, a security organization. He was asked to perform port scanning on a target host in the network. While performing the given task, Sam sends FIN/ACK probes and determines that an RST packet is sent in response by the target host, indicating that the port is closed. What is the port scanning technique used by Sam to discovers open ports? Option 1 : IDLE/IPID header scan Option …

Sam is a penetration tester hired by Inception Tech, a security organization. He was asked to perform port scanning on a target host in the network. While performing the given task, Sam sends FIN/ACK probes and determines that an RST packet is sent in response by the target host, indicating that the port is closed. What is the port scanning technique used by Sam to discovers open ports? Read More »

switch

Robin, a professional hacker, targeted an organization’s network to sniff all the traffic. During this process, Robin plugged in a rough switch to an unused port in the LAN with a priority lower than any other switch in the network so that he could make it a root bridge that will later allow him to sniff all the traffic in the network. What is the attack performed by Robin in above scenario?

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Robin, a professional hacker, targeted an organization’s network to sniff all the traffic. During this process, Robin plugged in a rough switch to an unused port in the LAN with a priority lower than any other switch in the network so that he could make it a root bridge that will later allow him to sniff all the traffic in the network. What is the attack performed by Robin in above scenario? Option 1 : …

Robin, a professional hacker, targeted an organization’s network to sniff all the traffic. During this process, Robin plugged in a rough switch to an unused port in the LAN with a priority lower than any other switch in the network so that he could make it a root bridge that will later allow him to sniff all the traffic in the network. What is the attack performed by Robin in above scenario? Read More »

website

Taylor, a security professional, uses a tool to monitor her company’s website, analyze the website’s traffic, and track the geographical location of the users visiting the company’s website. Which of the following tools did Taylor employ in the above scenario?

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Taylor, a security professional, uses a tool to monitor her company’s website,  analyze the website’s traffic, and track the geographical location of the users visiting the company’s website. Which of the following tools did Taylor employ in the above scenario? Option 1 : WAFW00F Option 2 : Webroot Option 3 : Web-Stat Option 4 :  Website-Watcher 1. WAFW00F WAFW00F identifies and fingerprints web Application Firewall (WAF) products. how will it work? To do its magic, …

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network users

The network users are complaining because their system are slowing down. Further, every time they attempt to go a website, they receive a series of pop-ups with advertisements. What types of malware have the system been infected with?

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The network users are complaining because their system are slowing down. Further, every time they attempt to go a website, they receive a series of pop-ups with advertisements. What types of malware have the system been infected with? Option 1 : Virus Option 2 : Spyware Option 3 : Trojan Option 4 : Adware 1. Virus The malware of a trojan horse, very like a grippe virus, is meant to spread from host to host …

The network users are complaining because their system are slowing down. Further, every time they attempt to go a website, they receive a series of pop-ups with advertisements. What types of malware have the system been infected with? Read More »

What is Malware Forensic

What is Malware Forensics?

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The genesis of computer viruses started in early 1980s when some researchers came up with self-replicating computer programs. In 1984 Dr. Cohen provided a definition for computer viruses saying, “A virus is program that’s ready to infect other programs by modifying them to incorporate a possibly evolved copy of itself”. This definition is predicated on the behavior of programs of that period, was appropriate. However, overtime viruses have evolved into dozens of various categories and …

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Understand Log File Accuracy

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Understand Log File Accuracy in this during forensic investigation, log files provide a valuable source of evidence. Since these log files act as evidence in court, investigators should ensure that the files are accurate. Without following certain guidelines while collecting and preserving the log files, they will not be acceptable as valid evidence in the court. Therefore, investigators should follow the above mentioned steps to maintain the log file accuracy. Log Everything Configure the web …

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How to Open Files using Command Line

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Open Files using Command Line in this when the output obtained from psloggedon.exe commands shows the investigators that there are users logged on to the system remotely, then the investigators will also want to see what files have they opened, if any. Many times when someone accesses a system remotely, they might be looking for something specific while opening files. A user in a corporate environment could have shared available content and allowed other users to …

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Introduction of Windows Forensics

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Windows Forensics, include the process of conducting or performing forensic investigations of systems which run on Windows operating systems, It includes analysis of incident response, recovery, and auditing of equipment used in executing any criminal activity. In order to accomplish such intricate forensic analyses, the investigators should possess extensive knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating systems. This module will discuss about collecting volatile and non-volatile information; performing windows memory and registry analysis; cache, cookie, and …

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