Ethical Hacking Chapter 8
Amount of code a computer system exposes to unauthenticated outsiders
Attack surface
NetBios is not available in Windows Vista, Server 2008, and later versions of Windows. However, NetBios should be understood by a security professional because it is used for which
Backward compatibility
What programming languages are vulnerable to buffer overflow attacks?
C and C++
A standardized protocol that replaced SMB in Windows 2000 Server and later
CIFS
For a Windows computer to be able to access a *nix resource, which of the following must be enabled on both systems?
CIFS
Which standardized remote file system protocol replaced SMB in Windows 2000 Server and later?
Common Internet File System
What specific type of Windows Servers are used to authenticate user accounts and contain most of the information that attackers want to access?What specific type of Windows Servers are used to authenticate user accounts and contain most of the information that attackers want to access?
Domain Controllers
Samba is a proprietary implementation of CIFS.Samba is a proprietary implementation of CIFS.Samba is a proprietary implementation of CIFS.
False
Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2012 have most services and features enabled by default.
False
What critical component of any OS, that can be can be vulnerable to attacks, is used to store and manage information?
File System
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer has its origins in which of the following command line scanners?
HFNetChk
Which of the following is a common Linux rootkit?
Linux Rootkit 5
To determine whether a system could be vulnerable to an RPC-related issue, which of the following tools can be used?
MBSA
An OS security mechanism that enforces access rules based on privileges for interactions between processes, files, and users
Mandatory Access Control
Which of the following is an SELinux OS security mechanism that enforces access rules based on privileges for interactions between processes, files, and users?
Mandatory Access Control
What is the current file system that Windows utilizes that has strong security features?
NTFS
A fast and efficient protocol that requires little configuration and allows transmitting NetBIOS packets over TCP/IP
NetBEUI
Which of the following protocols does NetBios use to access a network resource?
NetBEUI
Early Windows OSs used which of the following programs loaded into memory to interact with a network resource or device?
NetBIOS
NetBIOS over TCP/IP is called which of the following in Windows Server 2003?
NetBT
What is the most serious shortcoming of Microsoft's original File Allocation Table (FAT) file system?
No ACL support
Which of the following is an interprocess communication mechanism that allows a program running on one host to run code on a remote host?
RPC
An interprocess communication mechanism that allows a program running on one host to run code on a remote host
Remote Procedure Call
Which of the following Window's utilities includes a suite of tools to help administrators deploy and manage servers and even allows for administrators to control mobile devices running Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile OS?
SCCM
Which of the following is an open-source implementation of CIFS?
Samba
An open-source implementation of CIFS
Sambe
Used to share files and usually runs on top of NetBIOS, NetBEUI, or TCP/IP
Server Message Block
When using the Common Internet File System (CIFS), which security model does not require a password to be set for the file share?
Share-level security
In 2007 became Windows new standard to deploy and manage servers alongside updated patch-management functionality
Systems Center Configuration
Microsoft's standard for managing Windows security patches on multiple computers in a network between 1994 and 2005
Systems Management Server
SMB is used to share files and usually runs on top of NetBIOS, NetBEUI, or which of the following?
TCP/IP
Rootkits containing Trojan binary programs that are ready to install are more dangerous than typical Trojan programs.
True
The MSBA tool can quickly identify missing patches and misconfigurations.
True
Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) is designed to manage patching and updating system software from the network.
True
When using the Common Internet File System (CIFS), which security model will require network users to have a user name and password to access a specific resource?
User-level security
Which of the following is a Window's client/server technology designed to manage patching and updating systems software from the network?
WSUS
A Windows client/server technology introduced in 2005 used to manage patching and updating system software from the network
Windows Software Update Services
Ubuntu and Debian Linux use what command to update and manage their RPM packages?
apt-get
Which of the following is considered to be the most critical SQL vulnerability?
null SA password
Red Hat and Fedora Linux use what command to update and manage their RPM packages?
yum
