Q44. Desmond, a forensic officer, was investigating a compromised machine involved in various online attacks. For this purpose. Desmond employed a forensic tool to extract and analyze computer-based evidence to retrieve information related to websitesaccessed from the victim machine. Identify the computer-created evidence retrieved by Desmond in this scenario.

Q45. A
threat intelligence feed data file has been acquired and stored in the Documents folder of Attacker Machine-1 (File Name: Threatfeed.txt). You are a cybersecurity technician working for an ABC organization. Your organization has assigned you a task to analyze the data and submit a report on the threat landscape. Select the IP address linked with http://securityabc.s21sec.com.

Q46. Calvin spotted blazing flames originating from a physical file storage location in his organization because of a Short circuit. In response to the incident, he used a fire suppression system that helped curb the incident in the initial stage and prevented it from spreading over a large are a. Which of the following firefighting systems did Calvin use in this scenario?

Q47. Zayn, a network specialist at an organization, used Wireshark to perform network analysis. He selected a Wireshark menu that provided a summary ol captured packets, IO graphs, and flow graphs. Identify the Wireshark menu selected by Zayn in this scenario.

Q48. Johnson, an attacker, performed online research for the contact details of reputed cybersecurity firms. He found the contact number of sibertech.org and dialed the number, claiming himself to represent a technical support team from a vendor. He warned that a specific server is about to be compromised and requested sibertech.org to follow the provided instructions. Consequently, he prompted the victim to execute unusual commands and install malicious files, which were then used to collect and pass critical Information to Johnson’s machine. What is the social engineering technique Steve employed in the above scenario?

Q49. RAT has been setup in one of the machines connected to the network to steal the important Sensitive corporate docs located on Desktop of the server, further investigation revealed the IP address of the server 20.20.10.26. Initiate a remote connection using thief client and determine the number of files present in the folder.
Hint: Thief folder is located at: Z:CCT-ToolsCCT Module 01 Information Security Threats and VulnerabilitiesRemote Access Trojans (RAT)Thief of Attacker Machine-1.

Q50. Jordan, a network administrator in an organization, was instructed to identify network-related issues and improve network performance. While troubleshooting the network, he received a message indicating that the datagram could not be forwarded owing to the unavailability of IP-related services (such as FTP or web services) on the target host, which of the following network issues did Jordan find in this scenario?

Q51. Stella purchased a smartwatch online using her debit card. After making payment for the product through the payment gateway, she received a transaction text message with a deducted and available balance from her bank.
Identify the information security element that ensures that Stella’s transaction status is immediately reflected in her bank account in this scenario.

Q52. Richard, a professional hacker, was hired by a marketer to gather sensitive data and information about the offline activities of users from location data. Richard employed a technique to determine the proximity of a user’s mobile device to an exact location using CPS features. Using this technique. Richard placed a virtual barrier positioned at a static location to interact with mobile users crossing the barrier, identify the technique employed by Richard in this scenario.

Q53. ProNet, a leading technology firm, has been dynamically evolving its internal infrastructure to cater to an expanding workforce and changing business needs. The company’s current project involves enhancing the overall security of its internal platforms. The company’s security team is focusing on a robust access control system. To make the system efficient, it needs to implement a model that would define access based on roles within the organization, where specific roles would have predefined access to certain resources, and the roles can be assigned to multiple users. The aim is to decrease the administrative work involved in assigning permissions and ensure that users gain only the necessary permissions in line with their job functions.
Which access control model best suits ProNet’s requirement?

Q54. A web application, www.moviescope.com. hosted on your tarqet web server is vulnerable to SQL injection attacks. Exploit the web application and extract the user credentials from the moviescope database. Identify the UID (user ID) of a user, John, in the database. Note: Vou have an account on the web application, and your credentials are samAest.
(Practical Question)

Q55. Riley sent a secret message to Louis. Before sending the message, Riley digitally signed the message using his private key. Louis received the message, verified the digital signature using the corresponding key to ensure that the message was not tampered during transit.
Which of the following keys did Louis use to verify the digital signature in the above scenario?

Q56. MediData, a leading healthcare data analytics firm based in the US, has made significant strides in advance health diagnostics using Al. With a vast repository of patient data and seeing the potential market In Europ MediData plans to expand its services there. However, the leadership is wary. Europe’s stringent data protects regulations require companies to adapt their data processing practices. The legal team at MediData is task; with ensuring compliance and minimizing potential litigation or penalties. As MediData plans its Europe; expansion, which regulatory framework should it be most concerned with?

Q57. Tristan, a professional penetration tester, was recruited by an organization to test its network infrastructure. The organization wanted to understand its current security posture and its strength in defending against external threats. For this purpose, the organization did not provide any information about their IT infrastructure to Tristan. Thus, Tristan initiated zero-knowledge attacks, with no information or assistance from the organization.
Which of the following types of penetration testing has Tristan initiated in the above scenario?

Q58. Rickson, a security professional at an organization, was instructed to establish short-range communication between devices within a range of 10 cm. For this purpose, he used a mobile connection method that employs electromagnetic induction to enable communication between devices. The mobile connection method selected by Rickson can also read RFID tags and establish Bluetooth connections with nearby devices to exchange information such as images and contact lists.
Which of the following mobile connection methods has Rickson used in above scenario?

Q59. Giovanni, a system administrator, was tasked with configuring permissions for employees working on a new project. Hit organization used active directories (ADs) to grant/deny permissions to resources Giovanni created a folder for AD users with the required permissions and added all employees working on the new project in it. Identify the type of account created by Giovanni in this scenario.

Q60. Anderson, a security engineer, was Instructed to monitor all incoming and outgoing traffic on the organization’s network to identify any suspicious traffic. For this purpose, he employed an analysis technique using which he analyzed packet header fields such as IP options, IP protocols, IP fragmentation flags, offset, and identification to check whether any fields are altered in transit.
Identify the type of attack signature analysis performed by Anderson in the above scenario.

Q61. You are a penetration tester working to test the user awareness of the employees of the client xyz. You harvested two employees’ emails from some public sources and are creating a client-side backdoor to send it to the employees via email. Which stage of the cyber kill chain are you at?

Q62. As a system administrator handling the integration of a recently acquired subsidiary’s Linux machines with your company’s Windows environment for centralized log management, what is your most significant challenge likely to be?

Q63. Johnson, an attacker, performed online research for the contact details of reputed cybersecurity firms. He found the contact number of sibertech.org and dialed the number, claiming himself to represent a technical support team from a vendor. He warned that a specific server is about to be compromised and requested sibertech.org to follow the provided instructions. Consequently, he prompted the victim to execute unusual commands and install malicious files, which were then used to collect and pass critical Information to Johnson’s machine. What is the social engineering technique Steve employed in the above scenario?

Q64. Nicolas, a computer science student, decided to create a guest OS on his laptop for different lab operations. He adopted a virtualization approach in which the guest OS will not be aware that it is running in a virtualized environment. The virtual machine manager (VMM) will directly interact with the computer hardware, translate commands to binary instructions, and forward them to the host OS.
Which of the following virtualization approaches has Nicolas adopted in the above scenario?

Q65. The incident handling and response (IH&R) team of an organization was handling a recent cyberattack on the organization’s web server. Fernando, a member of the IH&P team, was tasked with eliminating the root cause of the incident and closing all attack vectors to prevent similar incidents in future. For this purpose. Fernando applied the latest patches to the web server and installed the latest security mechanisms on it. Identify the IH&R step performed by Fernando in this scenario.

Q66. You are investigating a data leakage incident where an insider is suspected of using image steganography to send sensitive information to a competitor. You have also recovered a VeraCrypt volume file S3cr3t from the suspect. The VeraCrypt volume file is available In the Pictures folder of the Attacker Machined. Your task Is to mount the VeraCrypt volume, find an image file, and recover the secret code concealed in the file. Enter the code as the answer. Hint: If required, use sniffer@123 as the password to mount the VeraCrypt volume file.(Practical Question)

Q67. Kaison. a forensic officer, was investigating a compromised system used for various online attacks. Kaison initiated the data acquisition process and extracted the data from the systems DVD-ROM. Which of the following types of data did Kaison acquire in the above scenario?

Q68. You are the lead cybersecurity specialist at a cutting-edge tech organization that specializes In developing artificial intelligence (Al)products for clients across various sectors. Given the sensitivity and proprietary nature of your products, ensuring top-notch security is of paramount importance. Late one evening, you receive an alert from your threat Intelligence platform about potential vulnerabilities In one of the third-party components your Al products heavily rely upon. This component is known to have integration points with several key systems within your organization. Any successful exploitation of this vulnerability could grant attackers unparalleled access to proprietary algorithms and client-specific modifications, which could be catastrophic in the wrong hands.
While you are analyzing the threat’s details, a member of your team identifies several unusual patterns of data access, suggesting that the vulnerability might already have been exploited. The potential breach’s initial footprint suggests a highly sophisticated actor, possibly even a nation-state entity. Given the gravity of the situation and the potential consequences of a full-blown breach, what should be your immediate course of action to address the incident and ensure minimal risk exposure?