Ethical Hacker Ch. 3

Compliments, misinformation, feigning ignorance, and being a good listener are tactics of which social engineering technique?

Elicitation

Which type of attack involves changing the boot order on a PC so that the hacker can gain access to the computer by bypassing the install operating system?

Physical attack

Using a fictitious scenario to persuade someone to perform an action or give information they aren't authorized to share is called:

Pretexting

You are in the process of implementing policies and procedures that require employee identification. You observe employees holding a secure door for others to pass through. Which of the following training sessions should you implement to help prevent this in the future?

How to prevent piggybacking and tailgating.

You are instant messaging a coworker, and you get a malicious link. Which type of social engineering attack is this?

Spim

Which of the following best describes a physical barrier used to deter an aggressive intruder?

Large flowerpots

Which of the following best describes an inside attacker?

An unintentional threat actor; the most common threat.

On her way to work, Angela accidentally left her backpack with a company laptop at the coffee shop. What type of threat has she caused the company?

Man-made threat

Important aspects of physical security include which of the following?

Preventing interruptions of computer services caused by problems such as fire.

Which of the following best describes a lock shim?

A thin, stiff piece of metal.

Any attack involving human interaction of some kind is referred to as:

Social engineering

Closed-circuit television can be used as both a preventative tool (to monitor live events) or as an investigative tool (to record events for later playback). Which camera is more vandal-resistant than other cameras?

A dome camera

Which of the following best describes a script kiddie?

A hacker who uses scripts written by much more talented individuals.

Joe, a bookkeeper, works in a cubicle environment and is often called away from his desk. Joe doesn't want to sign out of his computer each time he leaves. Which of the following is the best solutions for securing Joe's workstation?

Configure the screen saver to require a password.

Jason is at home, attempting to access the website for his music store. When he goes to the website, it has a simple form asking for name, email, and phone number. This is not the music store website. Jason is sure the website has been hacked. How did the attacker accomplish this hack?

DNS cache poisoning

Ron, a hacker, wants to get access to a prestigious law firm he has been watching for a while. June, an administrative assistant at the law firm, is having lunch at the food court around the corner from her office. Ron notices that June has a picture of a dog on her phone. He casually walks by and starts a conversation about dogs. Which phase of the social engineering process is Ron in?

Development phase

Implementing emergency lighting that runs on protected power and automatically switches on when the main power goes off is part of which physical control?

Employee and visitor safety

While reviewing video files from your organization's security cameras, you notice a suspicious person using piggybacking to gain access to your building. The individual in question did not have a security badge. Which of the following would you most likely implement to keep this from happening in the future?

Mantraps

Social engineers are master manipulators. Which of the following are tactics they might use?

Moral obligation, ignorance, and threatening

The U.S. Department of Commerce has an agency with the goal of protecting organizational operations, assets, and individuals from threats such as malicious cyber-attacks, natural disasters, structural failures, and human errors. Which of the following agencies was created for this purpose?

NIST

What are the three factors to keep in mind with physical security?

Prevention, detection, and recovery

A person in a dark grey hoodie has jumped the fence at your research center. A security guard has detained this person, denying him physical access. Which of the following areas of physical security is the security guard currently in?

Security sequence

Brandon is helping Fred with his computer. He needs Fred to enter his username and password into the system. Fred enters the username and password while Brandon is watching him. Brandon explains to Fred that it is not a good idea to allow anyone to watch you type in usernames or passwords. Which type of social engineering attack is Fred referring to?

Shoulder surfing

You have a set of DVD-RW discs that were used to archive files from your latest project. You need to prevent the sensitive information on the discs from being compromised. Which of the following methods should you use to destroy the data?

Shred the discs.

You are a security consultant and have been hired to evaluate an organization's physical security practices. All employees must pass through a locked door to enter the main work area. Access is restricted using a biometric fingerprint lock. A receptionist is located next to the locked door in the reception area. She uses an iPad application to log any security events that may occur. She also uses her iPad to complete work tasks as assigned by the organization's CEO. What could you do to add an additional layer of security to this organization?

Train the receptionist to keep her iPad in a locked drawer.

You have implemented a regular backup schedule for a Windows system, backing up data files every night and creating a system image backup once per week. For security reasons, your company has decided not to store a redundant copy of the backup media at an off-site location. Which of the following would be the best backup and storage option?

Use incremental backups and store them in a locked fireproof safe.

An attack that targets senior executives and high-profile victims is referred to as:

Whaling

You get a call from one of your best customers. The customer is asking about your company's employees, teams, and managers. What should you do?

You should not provide any information and forward the call to the help desk.