Day 1
This is the term for a machine/computer that does not exist physically.
What is a virtual machine?
Wireshark and Tshark are used to carry out this process.
What is traffic analysis?
This account in Linux is almighty and powerful! It is also known as the superuser.
What is root/the root account?
This application is used to scan networks for information such as open ports and host information.
What is Nmap?
This is a software/hardware/or both used to prevent unauthorized programs or internet users from accessing a private network or computer.
What is a firewall?
You caught your coworker at your boss' desk, looking at documents they were not authorized to see.
What aspect of the CIA Triad has been violated here?
What is confidentiality?
Alice and Bob use one shared secret key to encrypt the messages they send to each other. They are demonstrating this kind of encryption/cryptography
What is private key?
True/False: Passwords are harder to crack when they are shorter and are only lowercase characters.
What is false?
John is a penetration tester who has been hired by a company. After completing his test, he gives his report to the company detailing their vulnerabilities which they then use to secure their systems further. John is an example of what kind of hacker?
What is a white hat hacker?
This is a command line firewall utility program that utilizes policy chains to allow or block traffic.
We hid adventureland.txt inside octopus.bmp. Hiding files within other files is the definition of this.
What is steganography?
When data is sent across a network, it is broken into pieces called this.
What are packets?
Name each of these permission types
R
W
X
Read
Write
eXecute
This is the malware that the threat actor intends to deliver to the victim.
What is a payload?
What is a Local Area Network (LAN)?