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EC-Council Certified Security Specialist (ECSS) Questions 72–76 (page: 15)

Updated On: 10-Feb-2026

Which of the following Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) is used to monitor rogue access points and the use of wireless attack tools?

  1. Snort 2.1.0
  2. WIDS
  3. NFR security
  4. LogIDS 1.0

Answer(s): B



John works as a professional Ethical Hacker. He has been assigned the project of testing the security of www.we-are-secure.com. John notices that the We-are-secure network is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack since the key exchange process of the cryptographic algorithm it is using does not authenticate participants. Which of the following cryptographic algorithms is being used by the We-are-secure server?

  1. RSA
  2. Twofish
  3. Blowfish
  4. Diffie-Hellman

Answer(s): D



Andrew, a bachelor student of Faulkner University, creates a gmail account. He uses 'Faulkner' as the password for the gmail account. After a few days, he starts receiving a lot of e-mails stating that his gmail account has been hacked. He also finds that some of his important mails have been deleted by someone. Which of the following methods has the attacker used to crack Andrew's password?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

  1. Zero-day attack
  2. Social engineering
  3. Rainbow attack
  4. Buffer-overflow attack
  5. Brute force attack
  6. Dictionary-based attack
  7. Denial-of-service (DoS) attack
  8. Password guessing

Answer(s): B,C,E,F,G,H



Which of the following software helps in protecting the computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

  1. BitDefender
  2. Windows Defender
  3. John the Ripper
  4. THC Hydra

Answer(s): A,B



A digital signature is a type of public key cryptography. Which of the following statements are true about digital signatures?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

  1. In order to digitally sign an electronic record, a person must use his/her public key.
  2. In order to verify a digital signature, the signer's private key must be used.
  3. In order to verify a digital signature, the signer's public key must be used.
  4. In order to digitally sign an electronic record, a person must use his/her private key.

Answer(s): C,D



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