CySA+ Exam guide Questions and
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DNS Sinkhole ✔✔Provide a response to a DNS query that does not resolve the IP address..
Instead targets the addresses for known malicious domains
Role-Based access contr
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CySA+ Exam guide Questions and
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DNS Sinkhole ✔✔Provide a response to a DNS query that does not resolve the IP address..
Instead targets the addresses for known malicious domains
Role-Based access control (RBAC) ✔✔grants permissions based on a user's role or group.
Reverse Engineering ✔✔the process of decontructing something in order to discover its features
and constituents
Banner grabbing ✔✔used to gain information about a computer system on a network and the
services running on its open ports. Administrators can use this to take inventory of the systems and
services on their network.
Cross-site scripting XSS ✔✔a vulnerability in a web application that allows malicious users to
execute arbitrary client side scripts.
Forensic Acquisition ✔✔The process of extracting the digital contents from seized evidence so
that they may be analyzed
Fuzzing ✔✔techniqued used to discover flaws and vulnerabilities in software by sending large
amounts of malformed, unexpected, or random data to the target programs in order to trigger
failures
Netstat ✔✔command-line interface tool that provides information on the status of network
connections and listening sockets
Input validation ✔✔an approach to protecting systems from abnormal user input by testing the
data provided against appropriate values. (cha p 14)
Interception Proxy ✔✔is a software tool that is inserted between two endpoints usually on the
same network. to monitor traffic and help with security testing.
SQL injection ✔✔A code injection technique that exploits security vulnerabilities in the DB layer
of an application.
Application Programing Interface ✔✔a set of subroutine definitions, protocols, and tools for
building software. In general terms, it is a set of clearly defined methods of communication
between various components.
types of NAC policy? ✔✔1. location based
2 time based
3 Role Based
4 rule based
a padded cell ✔✔performs intrusion isolation
-after detection, intruder is automatically transferred here, which resembles a real environment but
is fake and attacker cannot perform any dangerous activities
-admin's can gather evidence here
A system that waits for an IDS to detect an attacker and then transfers the attacker to a special host
where he or she cannot do any damage to the production environment.
firewalking ✔✔The concept of walking a firewall ACL or ruleset to determine what it filters and
how.
Armitage ✔✔gives you the users interface
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