Q18. The IH&R team in an organization was handling a recent malware attack on one of the hosts connected to the organization’s network. Edwin, a member of the IH&R team, was involved in reinstating lost data from the backup medi a. Before performing this step, Edwin ensured that the backup does not have any traces of malware.
Identify the IH&R step performed by Edwin in the above scenario.

Q19. Initiate an SSH Connection to a machine that has SSH enabled in the network. After connecting to the machine find the file flag.txt and choose the content hidden in the file. Credentials for SSH login are provided below:
Hint:
Username: sam
Password: admin@l23

Q20. Camden, a network specialist in an organization, monitored the behavior of the organizational network using SIFM from a control room. The SIEM detected suspicious activity and sent an alert to the camer a. Based on the severity of the incident displayed on the screen, Camden made the correct decision and immediately launched defensive actions to prevent further exploitation by attackers.
Which of the following SIEM functions allowed Camden to view suspicious behavior and make correct decisions during a security incident?

Q21. 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?

Q22. Juan, a safety officer at an organization, installed a physical lock at the entrance of each floor. All employees in the organization were allotted a smart card embedded in their ID cards, which had to be swiped to unlock doors and Access any floor. Which of the following types of physical locks did Juan install In this scenario?

Q23. Kevin, a professional hacker, wants to penetrate CyberTech Inc.’s network. He employed a technique, using which he encoded packets with Unicode characters. The company’s IDS cannot recognize the packet, but the target web server can decode them.
What is the technique used by Kevin to evade the IDS system?

Q24. 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?

Q25. Gideon, a forensic officer, was examining a victim’s Linux system suspected to be involved in online criminal activities. Gideon navigated to a directory containing a log file that recorded information related to user login/logout. This information helped Gideon to determine the current login state of cyber criminals in the victim system, identify the Linux log file accessed by Gideon in this scenario.

Q26. Kayden successfully cracked the final round of interview at an organization. After few days, he received his offer letter through an official company email address. The email stated that the selected candidate should respond within a specified time. Kayden accepted the opportunity and provided e-signature on the offer letter, then replied to the same email address. The company validated the e-signature and added his details to their database. Here, Kayden could not deny company’s message, and company could not deny Kayden’s signature.
Which of the following information security elements was described in the above scenario?

Q27. 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.

Q28. Henry Is a cyber security specialist hired by BlackEye – Cyber security solutions. He was tasked with discovering the operating system (OS) of a host. He used the Unkornscan tool to discover the OS of the target system. As a result, he obtained a TTL value, which Indicates that the target system is running a Windows OS.
Identify the TTL value Henry obtained, which indicates that the target OS is Windows.

Q29. Wilson, a security specialist in an organization, was instructed to enhance its cloud network security. To achieve this, Wilson deployed a network routing solution that established and managed communication between the on-premises consumer network and VPCs via a centralized unit. Identity the method used by Wilson to achieve cloud network security in this scenario.

Q30. 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?

Q31. A disgruntled employee transferred highly confidential tender data of upcoming projects as an encoded text.
You are assigned to decode the text file snitch.txt located in the Downloads folder of the Attacker Machined and determine the value of the greenfarm project in dollars. Hint 1: All the cryptography tools are located at
“Z:CCT-ToolsCCT Module 14 Cryptography”. Hint 2: If required, you can use sniffer@123 as the password to decode the file. (Practical Question)

Q32. A disgruntled employee has set up a RAT (Remote Access Trojan) server in one of the machines in the target network to steal sensitive corporate documents. The IP address of the target machine where the RAT is installed is 20.20.10.26. Initiate a remote connection to the target machine from the “Attacker Machine-1” using the Theef client. Locate the “Sensitive Corporate Documents” folder in the target machine’s Documents directory and determine the number of files. Mint: Theef folder is located at Z:CCT-ToolsCCT Module 01 Information Security Threats and VulnerabilitiesRemote Access Trojans (RAT)Theef of the Attacker Machine1.

Q33. Lorenzo, a security professional in an MNC, was instructed to establish centralized authentication, authorization, and accounting for remote-access servers. For this purpose, he implemented a protocol that is based on the client-server model and works at the transport layer of the OSI model.
Identify the remote authentication protocol employed by Lorenzo in the above scenario.

Q34. in a security incident, the forensic investigation has isolated a suspicious file named “security_update.exe”.
You are asked to analyze the file in the Documents folder of the”Attacker Machine-1″ to determine whether it is malicious. Analyze the suspicious file and identify the malware signature. (Practical Question)

Q35. RevoMedia, a digital marketing agency, often conducts client presentations off-site. The agency’s team uses mobile devices to connect to various networks and display content. Withthe rising threat landscape, it wants to adopt the most secure method for connecting its mobile devices to unfamiliar networks. Which of the following should RevoMedia adopt?

Q36. 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)

Q37. Arabella, a forensic officer, documented all the evidence related to the case in a standard forensic investigation report template. She filled different sections of the report covering all the details of the crime along with the daily progress of the investigation process.
In which of the following sections of the forensic investigation report did Arabella record the “nature of the claim and information provided to the officers”?

Q38. Thomas, an employee of an organization, is restricted from accessing specific websites from his office system.
He is trying to obtain admin credentials to remove the restrictions. While waiting for an opportunity, he sniffed communication between the administrator and an application server to retrieve the admin credentials. Identify the type of attack performed by Thomas in the above scenario.

Q39. Richards, a security specialist at an organization, was monitoring an IDS system. While monitoring, he suddenly received an alert of an ongoing intrusion attempt on the organization’s network. He immediately averted the malicious actions by implementing the necessary measures.
Identify the type of alert generated by the IDS system in the above scenario.

Q40. Grace, an online shopping enthusiast, purchased a smart TV using her debit card. During online payment. Grace’s browser redirected her from the e-commerce website to a third-party payment gateway, where she provided her debit card details and the OTP received on her registered mobile phone. After completing the transaction, Grace logged Into her online bank account and verified the current balance in her savings account, identify the state of data being processed between the e-commerce website and payment gateway in the above scenario.

Q41. A disgruntled employee has set up a RAT (Remote Access Trojan) server in one of the machines in the target network to steal sensitive corporate documents. The IP address of the target machine where the RAT is installed is 20.20.10.26. Initiate a remote connection to the target machine from the “Attacker Machine-1” using the Theef client. Locate the “Sensitive Corporate Documents” folder in the target machine’s Documents directory and determine the number of files. Mint: Theef folder is located at Z:CCT-ToolsCCT Module 01 Information Security Threats and VulnerabilitiesRemote Access Trojans (RAT)Theef of the Attacker Machine1.

Q42. Ryleigh, a system administrator, was instructed to perform a full back up of organizational data on a regular basis. For this purpose, she used a backup technique on a fixed date when the employees are not accessing the system i.e., when a service-level down time is allowed a full backup is taken.
Identify the backup technique utilized by Ryleigh in the above scenario.