Windows 10
Used as an interface to control system configurations such password, mouse, and firewall, this application is essential in all rounds of CyberPatriots.
What is Control Panel?
An organization of the inventory in a library to gather objects such as computers, customer profiles, etc.
What is an Active Directory?
Known for its user-friendly approach and widespread use for both desktops and servers, this Linux distribution was featured in Round 1 of the CyberPatriot XVI competition.
What is Ubuntu?
When a hacker floods a computer or network with traffic until it shuts down because of the overload. This blocks traffic, leads to a loss of access to network resources, and prevents the use of a system by regular users.
What is a Denial of Service attack?
The first file you should read for images.
What is the ReadMe?
Used as a task automation solution made up of a command-line shell, this application is important in most CyberPatriots rounds and can help improve the efficiency of teams.
What is Powershell?
A Microsoft Windows NT feature that is also a family of OS that manages the work settings of computer accounts and user accounts.
What is Group Policy?
Used to search files for matching patterns using regular expressions, this command is essential for filtering out information.
What is grep?
The decimal form of a /25 subnet mask
What is 255.255.255.128?
A compute resource that uses software instead of a physical computer to run programs and deploy apps.
What is a Virtual Machine?
Used as an interface to control various security settings, this application allows the user to configure settings such as minimum password length.
What is Local Security Policy?
A kind of database that comprises all of the data relating to objects in Active Directory environment domains.
What is the Global Catalog?
This essential file in Linux systems contains user account information, including usernames and details necessary for user login, but for security reasons, no longer stores user passwords in modern distributions.
/etc/passwd
What is the difference between a LAN and a WAN?
A local area network (LAN) is a collection of devices connected together in one physical location, such as a building, office, or home. A wide area network (WAN) covers a larger geographic distance.
A hardware or software network security device that monitors inbound and outbound network traffic.
What is a Firewall?
A feature of Windows Defender that provides intrusion protection by reducing app attack surfaces and controlling folder access to prevent changes by malware.
What is Windows Defender Exploit Guard?
A unique pointer to a disk block. You can also say that it is a unique number owed to a file in UNIX-like Operating system.
What is INODE?
This system and service manager for Linux operating systems is used to start, stop, and manage services, including checking the status of services to ensure unnecessary services are disabled to minimize attack surfaces.
systemctl
A computer on your network has an IPV4 address of 192.156.17.13. You know the network has a /20 subnet mask. What would the broadcast address be?
192.156.31.255
A method of data theft by which a bad actor peers over the shoulder of a target in order to steal confidential information like passwords and PIN numbers that can later be used to initiate a cyberattack.
What is Shoulder Surfing?
A security measure implemented in information technology systems to reduce the potential for security vulnerabilities and attacks. It is commonly associated with Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP).
What are Attack Surface Reduction rules?
A computer that is actually a doorway between a local network (such as all computers in one organization or in a building) and a larger-scale system such as the Internet.
What is a Proxy Server?
This Linux kernel security module provides a framework for supporting security policies that enforce the minimum amount of privilege for applications, significantly reducing the risk of zero-day exploits.
AppArmor
What is the command to display information about the total number of active translations, NAT configuration parameters, the number of addresses in the pool, and the number of addresses that have been allocated?
show ip nat statistics
An encryption that protects client-client, server-server, and client-server connections, circumventing unauthorized parties from monitoring or tampering with data transmitted online.
What is SSL Encryption?