Certification Provider: EC-Council
Exam Name: Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst
Exam Code: 312-85
Official Exam Time: 120 mins
Number of questions in the Official Exam: 50 Q&As
Latest update time in our database: June 05,2023
312-85 Official Exam Topics:
  • Topic1 : Introduction to Threat Intelligence
  • Topic2 : Cyber Threats and Kill Chain Methodology / Requirements, Planning, Direction, and Review
  • Topic3 : Data Collection and Processing / Intelligence Reporting and Dissemination
  • Topic4 :

Which of the following components refers to a node in the network that routes the traffic from a workstation to external command and control server and helps in identification of installed malware in the network?

Which of the following components refers to a node in the network that routes the traffic from a workstation to external command and control server and helps in identification of installed malware in the network?
A . Repeater
B . Gateway
C . Hub
D . Network interface card (NIC)

Answer: B

Which of the following threat intelligence frameworks should he choose to perform such task?

Tim is working as an analyst in an ABC organization. His organization had been facing many challenges in converting the raw threat intelligence data into meaningful contextual information. After inspection, he found that it was due to noise obtained from misrepresentation of data from huge data collections. Hence, it is important to clean the data before performing data analysis using techniques such as data reduction. He needs to choose an appropriate threat intelligence framework that automatically performs data collection, filtering, and analysis for his organization.

Which of the following threat intelligence frameworks should he choose to perform such task?
A . HighCharts
B . SIGVERIF
C . Threat grid
D . TC complete

Answer: D

Which of the following considerations must be employed by Henry to prioritize intelligence requirements?

Henry. a threat intelligence analyst at ABC Inc., is working on a threat intelligence program. He was assigned to work on establishing criteria for prioritization of intelligence needs and requirements.

Which of the following considerations must be employed by Henry to prioritize intelligence requirements?
A . Understand frequency and impact of a threat
B . Understand data reliability
C . Develop a collection plan
D . Produce actionable data

Answer: A

Which of the following sources of intelligence did the analyst use to collect information?

An analyst is conducting threat intelligence analysis in a client organization, and during the information gathering process, he gathered information from the publicly available sources and analyzed to obtain a rich useful form of intelligence. The information source that he used is primarily used for national security, law enforcement, and for collecting intelligence required for business or strategic decision making.

Which of the following sources of intelligence did the analyst use to collect information?
A . OPSEC
B . ISAC
C . OSINT
D . SIGINT

Answer: C

Which of the following types of threat attribution deals with the identification of the specific person, society, or a country sponsoring a well-planned and executed intrusion or attack over its target?

Which of the following types of threat attribution deals with the identification of the specific person, society, or a country sponsoring a well-planned and executed intrusion or attack over its target?
A . Nation-state attribution
B . True attribution
C . Campaign attribution
D . Intrusion-set attribution

Answer: B

Which of the following technique is used by the attacker?

An attacker instructs bots to use camouflage mechanism to hide his phishing and malware delivery locations in the rapidly changing network of compromised bots. In this particular technique, a single domain name consists of multiple IP addresses.

Which of the following technique is used by the attacker?
A . DNS zone transfer
B . Dynamic DNS
C . DNS interrogation
D . Fast-Flux DNS

Answer: D

Which of the following categories of threat intelligence feed was acquired by Jian?

Jian is a member of the security team at Trinity, Inc. He was conducting a real-time assessment of system activities in order to acquire threat intelligence feeds. He acquired feeds from sources like honeynets, P2P monitoring. infrastructure, and application logs.

Which of the following categories of threat intelligence feed was acquired by Jian?
A . Internal intelligence feeds
B . External intelligence feeds
C . CSV data feeds
D . Proactive surveillance feeds

Answer: A

What phase of the advanced persistent threat lifecycle is John currently in?

John, a professional hacker, is trying to perform APT attack on the target organization network. He gains access to a single system of a target organization and tries to obtain administrative login credentials to gain further access to the systems in the network using various techniques.

What phase of the advanced persistent threat lifecycle is John currently in?
A . Initial intrusion
B . Search and exfiltration
C . Expansion
D . Persistence

Answer: C