Which of the following chmod commands can Robert use in order to achieve his objective?

Robert is a network admin in XYZ Inc. He deployed a Linux server in his enterprise network and wanted to share some critical and sensitive files that are present in the Linux server with his subordinates. He wants to set the file access permissions using chmod command in such a...

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What will George do to recover the actual encrypted passwords?

George, a freelance Security Auditor and Penetration Tester, was working on a pen testing assignment for Xsecurity. George is an ESCA certified professional and was following the LPT methodology in performing a comprehensive security assessment of the company. After the initial reconnaissance, scanning and enumeration phases, he successfully recovered a...

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What could be the probable reason?

You have implemented DNSSEC on your primary internal DNS server to protect it from various DNS attacks. Network users complained they are not able to resolve domain names to IP addresses at certain times. What could be the probable reason?A . DNSSEC does not provide protection against Denial of Service...

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What information is contained in DNS records?

Karen is a Network engineer at ITSec, a reputed MNC based in Philadelphia, USA. She wants to retrieve the DNS records from the publicly available servers. She searched using Google for the providers DNS Information and found the following sites: http://www.dnsstuff.com https://dnsquery.org Through these sites she got the DNS records...

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Which of the following commands should Steven use to generate authentication packets?

Steven is performing a wireless network audit. As part of the engagement, he is trying to crack a WPA­PSK key. Steven has captured enough packets to run aircrack-ng and discover the key, but aircrack-ng did not yield any result, as there were no authentication packets in the capture. Which of...

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Which of the following standards does NOT follow the commonly used methodologies in penetration testing?

The penetration testers are required to follow predefined standard frameworks in making penetration testing reporting formats. Which of the following standards does NOT follow the commonly used methodologies in penetration testing?A . National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)B . Information Systems Security Assessment Framework (ISSAF)C . Open Web Application...

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Identify the type of attack being performed by Moses?

Moses, a professional hacker, attempts to overwhelm the target victim computer by transmitting TCP connection requests faster than the computer can process them. He started sending multiple SYN packets of size between 800 and 900 bytes with spoofed source addresses and port numbers. The main intention of Moses behind this...

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In the above scenario, identify the type of attack being performed on the fast-food center?

A team of cyber criminals in Germany has sent malware-based emails to workers of a fast-food center which is having multiple outlets spread geographically. When any of the employees click on the malicious email, it will give backdoor access to the point of sale (POS) systems located at various outlets....

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Which attack Alisa is trying to perform?

Alisa is a Network Security Manager at Aidos Cyber Security. During a regular network audit, she sent specially crafted ICMP packet fragments with different offset values into the network, causing a system crash. Which attack Alisa is trying to perform?A . Ping-of-death attackB . Fraggle attackC . Session hijackingD ....

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What can Jason do to overcome this error?

Jason is working on a pen testing assignment. He is sending customized ICMP packets to a host in the target network. However, the ping requests to the target failed with “ICMP Time Exceeded Type = 11” error messages. What can Jason do to overcome this error?A . Set a Fragment...

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