CEHv12 Exam Prep: Introduction To Hacking - Information
Security Overview || with Errorless Answers.
Which of the following techniques does an attacker use to snoop on the communication between
users or devices and record private information to launch passive attacks? correct answers
Eavesdropping
Explanation:
Session Hijacking: It is an attack where active session of the user is intercepted and stolen by an
attacker.
Privilege Escalation: It is a process of leveraging OS or application's bug, design flaw or
misconfiguration in order to obtain elevated access to their resources.
Spoofing: It is a process of fooling the target device or user by tampering the original
message/request and pretending to be trusted origin.
Eavesdropping: It is the process of listening to the communication between users or devices and
record private information to launch attacks.
Which of the following is the warfare category in which viruses, worms, Trojan horses, or
sniffers are used to make systems shut down automatically, corrupt data, steal information or
services, send fraudulent messages, and access unauthorized data? correct answers Hacker
Warfare
Explanation:
Psychological warfare: Psychological warfare is the use of various techniques such as
propaganda and terror to demoralize one's adversary in an attempt to succeed in battle
Hacker warfare: The purpose of this type of warfare can vary from the shutdown of systems, data
errors, theft of information, theft of services, system monitoring, false messaging, and access to
data.
C2 warfare: In the computer security industry, C2 warfare refers to the impact an attacker
possesses over a compromised system or network that they control.
Electronic warfare: It uses radio-electronic and cryptographic techniques to degrade the
communication.
, Which of the following categories of information warfare is a sensor-based technology that can
directly disrupt technological systems? correct answers Intelligence-based warfare
Explanation:
Economic warfare: It can affect the economy of a business or nation by blocking the flow of
information.
Intelligence-based warfare: Intelligence-based warfare is a sensor-based technology that directly
corrupts technological systems. According to Libicki, "intelligence-based warfare" is warfare
that consists of the design, protection, and denial of systems that seek sufficient knowledge to
dominate the battlespace
Psychological warfare: Psychological warfare is the use of various techniques such as
propaganda and terror to demoralize one's adversary in an attempt to succeed in battle.
Electronic warfare: Attempt to disrupt the means of sending information.
Which of the following close-in attacks is performed by an attacker to gather information by
observing the target's activity at the closest proximity? correct answers Shoulder surfing
Explanation:
Shoulder surfing: Performed by observing the target's activity at closest proximity. Shoulder
surfing steals personal information or confidential information by peering over the target's
shoulders.
Denial-of-service (DoS): Causing the services to be unavailable for the target system.
ARP poisoning: ARP poisoning technique generally used by attackers to perform sniffing on a
target network.
DNS Spoofing: DNS spoofing, the attacker tricks a DNS server into believing that it has received
authentic information when, in reality, it has not received any.
Sam, an attacker, was hired to launch an attack on an organization to disrupt its operations and
gain access to a remote system for compromising the organization's internal network. In the
process, Sam launched an attack to tamper with the data in transit to break into the organization's
network.
Security Overview || with Errorless Answers.
Which of the following techniques does an attacker use to snoop on the communication between
users or devices and record private information to launch passive attacks? correct answers
Eavesdropping
Explanation:
Session Hijacking: It is an attack where active session of the user is intercepted and stolen by an
attacker.
Privilege Escalation: It is a process of leveraging OS or application's bug, design flaw or
misconfiguration in order to obtain elevated access to their resources.
Spoofing: It is a process of fooling the target device or user by tampering the original
message/request and pretending to be trusted origin.
Eavesdropping: It is the process of listening to the communication between users or devices and
record private information to launch attacks.
Which of the following is the warfare category in which viruses, worms, Trojan horses, or
sniffers are used to make systems shut down automatically, corrupt data, steal information or
services, send fraudulent messages, and access unauthorized data? correct answers Hacker
Warfare
Explanation:
Psychological warfare: Psychological warfare is the use of various techniques such as
propaganda and terror to demoralize one's adversary in an attempt to succeed in battle
Hacker warfare: The purpose of this type of warfare can vary from the shutdown of systems, data
errors, theft of information, theft of services, system monitoring, false messaging, and access to
data.
C2 warfare: In the computer security industry, C2 warfare refers to the impact an attacker
possesses over a compromised system or network that they control.
Electronic warfare: It uses radio-electronic and cryptographic techniques to degrade the
communication.
, Which of the following categories of information warfare is a sensor-based technology that can
directly disrupt technological systems? correct answers Intelligence-based warfare
Explanation:
Economic warfare: It can affect the economy of a business or nation by blocking the flow of
information.
Intelligence-based warfare: Intelligence-based warfare is a sensor-based technology that directly
corrupts technological systems. According to Libicki, "intelligence-based warfare" is warfare
that consists of the design, protection, and denial of systems that seek sufficient knowledge to
dominate the battlespace
Psychological warfare: Psychological warfare is the use of various techniques such as
propaganda and terror to demoralize one's adversary in an attempt to succeed in battle.
Electronic warfare: Attempt to disrupt the means of sending information.
Which of the following close-in attacks is performed by an attacker to gather information by
observing the target's activity at the closest proximity? correct answers Shoulder surfing
Explanation:
Shoulder surfing: Performed by observing the target's activity at closest proximity. Shoulder
surfing steals personal information or confidential information by peering over the target's
shoulders.
Denial-of-service (DoS): Causing the services to be unavailable for the target system.
ARP poisoning: ARP poisoning technique generally used by attackers to perform sniffing on a
target network.
DNS Spoofing: DNS spoofing, the attacker tricks a DNS server into believing that it has received
authentic information when, in reality, it has not received any.
Sam, an attacker, was hired to launch an attack on an organization to disrupt its operations and
gain access to a remote system for compromising the organization's internal network. In the
process, Sam launched an attack to tamper with the data in transit to break into the organization's
network.
