In Class Exercises Ch. 3 & 4 (True/False)
The function of homepage hijacking is to change a browser's homepage to point to the attacker's site.
True
The goal of a command injection is to execute commands on a host operating system.
True
Unlike viruses, worms do NOT require a host program in order to survive and replicate.
True
A computer virus is an executable program that attaches to, or infects, other executable programs.
True
A successful denial of service (DoS) attack may create so much network congestion that authorized users cannot access network resources.
True
ActiveX is used by developers to create active content.
True
An electronic mail bomb is a form of malicious macro attack that typically involves an email attachment that contains macros designed to inflict maximum damage.
True
Attacks against confidentiality and privacy, data integrity, and availability of services are all ways malicious code can threaten business.
True
Backdoor programs are typically more dangerous than computer viruses.
True
Because people inside an organization generally have more detailed knowledge to the IT infrastructure than outsiders do, they can place logic bombs more easily.
True
Defense in depth is the practice of layering defenses to increase overall security and provide more reaction time to respond to incidents.
True
A smurf attack tricks users into providing logon information on what appears to be a legitimate website but is in fact a website set up by an attacker to obtain this information.
False
A worm is a self-contained program that has to trick users into running it.
False
Retro viruses counter the ability of antivirus programs to detect changes in infected files.
False
Spyware does NOT use cookies.
False
System infectors are viruses that attack document files containing embedded macro programming capabilities.
False
The four primary types of malicious code attacks are unplanned attacks, planned attacks, direct attacks, and indirect attacks.
False
The term "web defacement" refers to someone gaining unauthorized access to a web server and altering the index page of a site on the server.
False
Trojans are self-contained programs designed to propagate from one host machine to another using the host's own network communication protocols.
False
It is common for rootkits to modify parts of the operating system to conceal traces of their presence.
True
