Sra 221 Chapter 15 (Part 2)

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Large network of zombies used to conduct attacks and spread spam and other malware.

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Botnet

Front 2

A general class of software that is designed for some nefarious purpose.

Back 2

Malware

Front 3

A machine on which malware is installed so that it can be controlled by an attacker as part of a botnet.

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Zombie

Front 4

A piece of malicious code that replicates by attaching itself to another piece of executable code.

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Virus

Front 5

A type of malicious software that sits dormant until some event triggers its malicious payload.

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Logic Bomb

Front 6

Software that appears to do one thing but hides some other functionality as well.

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Trojan horse

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An independent malicious software that that self-replicates by making copies of itself on other systems. It may or may not contain a destructive payload.

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Worm

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A form of logic bomb in which the triggering event is a specific date or time.

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Time bomb

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A form of malware that modifies the operating system kernel and supporting functions. It can change thread priorities, perform keylogging, act as a sniffer, hide files, and create backdoors.

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Rootkit

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The process of assessing the security state of an organization compared against an established standard.

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Auditing

Front 11

A war-driving attack is an attempt to exploit what technology?

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Wireless Networks

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An attack in which an attacker attempts to lie and misrepresent himself in order to gain access to information that can be useful in an attack is known as:

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Social Engineering

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Virus hoaxes can be destructive for all of the reasons EXCEPT:

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They can record keystrokes when a user visits certain websites

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A virus that attempts to evade detection by changing the virus itself, and therefore its signature, is a(n):

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Polymorphic Virus

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Rootkits are challenging security problems because:

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A) They can be invisible to the operating system and end user
B) Their true functionality can be cloaked, preventing analysis
C) They can do virtually anything an operating system can do

Front 16

A piece of malicious code that must attach itself to another file to replicate itself is known as:

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Virus

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Which of the following is NOT true about the Morris worm?

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It caused infected computers to execute the cat.exe file

Front 18

A piece of malicious code that appears to be designed to do one thing (and may in fact do that thing) but that hides some other payload (often malicious) is known as:

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Trojan Horse