SSCP Exam Questions and Answers|2026 Update A+ Pass

SSCP Exam Questions and Answers|2026 Update A+ Pass Malicious Code (Malicious Code Naming Conventions) - Answer- a type of code introduced into a computer system with the purpose of corrupting data, deleting documents, making systems unavailable, or simply defacing web pages. Domains that provide the framework for IT security best practice. (Malicious Code Naming Conventions) - Answer- -access control systems and methodologies -application and system development security -business continuity and disaster recovery planning -cryptography, and -law, investigation, and ethics operations security -physical security -security architecture and models -security management practices, and -telecommunication and network security CIA - Answer- -Confidentiality -Integrity -Availability CARO (Malicious Code Naming Conventions) - Answer- Computer AntiVirus Research Organization What are the parts of a CARO malcode name? (Malicious Code Naming Conventions) - Answer- Platform.Type.Family _Name.Variant[:Modifier]@Suffix. Examples of Platform names (Malicious Code Naming Conventions) - Answer- BASH HLP (Helpfile) JS MAC O97M (Microsoft Office97) PPT (Powerpoint) VBS (Visual Basic) WNT (Windows NT) X97M (Excel 97) Platform may not be included, so name would start with Type Type (Malicious Code Naming Conventions) - Answer- Ex. Trojan, worm, virus, bot, logic bomb Family Name (Malicious Code Naming Conventions) - Answer- -can be chosen based on the target of specific malcode, the binary strings, or even text linked to the author. -No particular standard Variant (Malicious Code Naming Conventions) - Answer- -identifies the member of a particular family. It's also known as an identifier. -is usually assigned a particular letter, in the range from A to Z. @Suffix (Malicious Code Naming Conventions) - Answer- -identifies the method that malcode uses to spread. -Ex. @m = mailing, @mm = mass mailing Cross-Referencing tools (Malicious Code Naming Conventions) - Answer- -Common Malware Enumeration (CME) -Public Multiscanners -VGrep Viruses (Types of Malcode) - Answer- malicious programs that generally spread from one infected file to another Worms (Types of Malcode) - Answer- harmful programs that spread by rapidly making copies of themselves and forwarding these to different computer systems, usually by embedding or attaching them to e-mail messages. Trojans (Types of Malcode) - Answer- -malicious pieces of software that attempt to disguise themselves as useful or non-harmful software. -They don't create copies of themselves. vector of attack (Types of Malcode) - Answer- the method used to introduce it into a system Payload (Types of Malcode) - Answer- -the main attack method employed by a malicious program. Bots (Types of Malcode) - Answer- -malcode that's controlled from a remote location by any malicious person who wants to access a computer system. Keyloggers (Types of Malcode) - Answer- -examples of Trojans -used to record any keystrokes made by users on the keyboards of infected computers. Droppers (Types of Malcode) - Answer- - files used to install malcode on computers. -They're sometimes referred to as Downloader Trojans. Macro Virus (Types of Malcode) - Answer- - normally propagate through Microsoft Office documents. They're usually created in Visual Basic for Applications or WordBasic. polymorphic viruses (Types of Malcode) - Answer- -code is able to change, or morph, for each new infection. -attempts to evade detection by antivirus software that searches for particular signatures. Logic Bombs (Types of Malcode) - Answer- - examples of Trojans -They're designed to activate when certain specified conditions have been satisfied. (ex. Date, time) -give hackers a window to escape - once their code executes, the hackers have already exited the system. proof of concept (POC) (Types of Malcode) - Answer- a type of functional code that's used to highlight weaknesses in a computer system. Windows Rootkit (Types of Malcode) - Answer- -sets of tools used by hackers to obtain administrator privileges on systems they're not authorized to access. -sometimes take the form of just a few files Kernel Userland (Types of Malcode) - Answer- -The two type of rootkits Kernel Rootkit (Types of Malcode) - Answer- -regarded as the more powerful type because it gives administrator-level privileges. -is found in the Windows or WindowsSystem32 directory. It may be installed as a virtual device driver, or VXD, file, or as a system, or SYS, file. Userland Rootkit (Types of Malcode) - Answer- -aren't as powerful -usually have a dynamic-link library, or DLL, file format and can be found in the WindowsSystem32 folder. Yes, but installing it without consent is not. (Types of Malcode) - Answer- Are spyware and adware legal? Spyware (Types of Malcode) - Answer- -Software that reports user information - such as details of the web sites or programs you use - to a remote location -differs from other information stealing malware in that the information it harvests is less sensitive. -often includes an End User License Agreement, or EULA. Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP's) (Types of Malcode) - Answer- -Programs that the user has chosen to install, but may be spyware or adware goadware (Types of Malcode) - Answer- -Illegal, unlike spyware/adware -normally presented as antivirus or anti-spyware software which has detected malware on the users' system. -This malware does not exist. File Infector (Types of Malcode) - Answer- -may add code to the end or start of a file, or even insert code at different locations inside a file -often difficult to remove, and in many instances it's impossible to recover any data they may replace. -file header will be altered to include a pointer to the virus code that has been added. -Ex. Jerusalem virus Boot Sector Virus (Types of Malcode) - Answer- -viruses that spread by copying themselves to the MBR of a hard disk. -Ex. Brain, Joshi, Form Zero-day exploit (Types of Malcode) - Answer- -malcode designed to attack systems by exploiting weaknesses or vulnerabilities that haven't yet been discovered by others.