Which of the following activities will NOT be considered as passive footprinting?
Answer(s): C
Passive footprinting is a method in which the attacker never makes contact with the target systems. Scanning the range of IP addresses found in the target DNS is considered making contact to the systems behind the IP addresses that is targeted by the scan.
What is the key advantage of Session Hijacking?
Answer(s): B
As an attacker you don’t have to steal an account and password in order to take advantage of an authenticated connection.
You wish to determine the operating system and type of web server being used. At the same time you wish to arouse no suspicion within the target organization.While some of the methods listed below work, which holds the least risk of detection?
Answer(s): D
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What is the most common vehicle for social engineering attacks?
Answer(s): A
Pretexting is the act of creating and using an invented scenario (the pretext) to persuade a target to release information or perform an action and is usually done over the telephone.
Which of the following is most effective against passwords ?Select the Answer:
The most effective means of password attack is brute force, in a brute force attack the program will attempt to use every possible combination of characters. While this takes longer then a dictionary attack, which uses a text file of real words, it is always capable of breaking the password.
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