1Gabriel's sister called him about a message that suddenly appeared on her screen that says her software license has expired and she must immediately pay \$500 to have it renewed before control of the computer will be returned to her. What type of malware has infected her computer?
c. Blocking ransomware
2Marius's team leader has just texted him that an employee, who violated company policy by bringing in a file on her USB flash drive, has just reported that her computer is suddenly locked up with cryptomalware. Why would Marius consider this a dangerous situation?
b. Cryptomalware can encrypt all files on any network that is connected to the employee's computer.
3What word is used today to refer to network-connected hardware devices?
a. Endpoint
4Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of malware?
a. Diffusion
5Which type of malware relies on LOLBins?
b. Fileless virus
6Which of the following is known as a network virus?
a. Worm
7Josh is researching the different types of attacks that can be generated through a botnet. Which of the following would NOT be something distributed by a botnet?
a. LOLBins
8Which of the following is NOT a means by which a bot communicates with a C&C device?
b. Email
9Randall's roommate is complaining to him about all of the software that came pre-installed on his new computer. He doesn't want the software because it slows down the computer. What type of software is this?
a. PUP
10What is the difference between a Trojan and a RAT?
b. A RAT gives the attacker unauthorized remote access to the victim's computer.
11Which of these would NOT be considered the result of a logic bomb?
c. Send an email to Rowan's inbox each Monday morning with the agenda of that week's department meeting.
12Which of the following attacks is based on a website accepting user input without sanitizing it?
c. XSS
13Which of the following attacks is based on the principle that when a user is currently authenticated on a website and then loads another webpage, the new page inherits the identity and privileges of the first website?
b. CSRF
14Which of the following manipulates the trusting relationship between web servers?
c. SSRF
15Which type of memory vulnerability attack manipulates the "return address" of the memory location of a software program?
d. Buffer overflow attack
16What race condition can result in a NULL pointer/object dereference?
d. Time of check/time of use race condition
17Which of the following attacks targets the external software component that is a repository of both code and data?
c. Dynamic-link library (DLL) injection attack
18What term refers to changing the design of existing code?
b. Refactoring
19Which of the following is technology that imitates human abilities?
d. AI
20Which statement regarding a keylogger is NOT true?
c. Software keyloggers are generally easy to detect.