2024 (Rated A+)
The attack on GHOSTNET began with ________.
A) a wireless vulnerability
B) a social engineering attack
C) malicious mobile code
D) an insider attack - Answers B) a social engineering attack
The Trojan horse placed on the first compromised GHOSTNET client could ________.
A) conduct audio and video surveillance
B) delete files
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B - Answers A) conduct audio and video surveillance
True or False
A networked application is an application that requires a network to operate. - Answers TRUE
The way in which application layer functions are spread among computers to deliver service to users is
called ________.
A) distributed processing
B) peer-to-peer computing
C) client/server computing
D) an application architecture - Answers D) an application architecture
Users are primarily concerned with the ________ layer.
A) application
B) transport
C) internet
D) physical - Answers A) application
, The advance that made the client/server application architecture possible was ________.
A) the Internet
B) client processing power
C) application sophistication
D) input/output methods - Answers B) client processing power
Typically, the most common way for an attacker to get extensive privileges on a computer is to
________.
A) take over an application program
B) take over the operating system
C) take over a computer's hardware
D) privilege escalation after an initial takeover - Answers A) take over an application program
Having all privileges on a computer is known as having ________.
A) access
B) omniscience
C) root privileges
D) mojo - Answers C) root privileges
In XSS, the malicious script that gets placed in a webpage sent to a target is ________.
A) created by a Trojan horse
B) sent by someone who has compromised the webserver
C) embedded in a database the user queries
D) sent by a user - Answers D) sent by a user
A lesson of XSS is that programmers should never trust ________.
A) contractors
B) their own staff colleagues
C) databases
D) user input - Answers D) user input