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EC Council Certified Incident Handler (ECIH v3)

Beyond the Shortcuts: Real Incident Response Over Flat Memorization Repositories

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Question # 11

Which of the following types of digital evidence is temporarily stored in a digital device that requires constant power supply and is deleted if the power supply is interrupted?

A.

Slack space

B.

Process memory

C.

Event logs

D.

Swap file

Question # 12

Ethan, an incident handler, reviews traffic logs showing abnormal connections from internal devices to high-risk external domains. He traces these back to a misconfigured IoT device using outdated firmware. What kind of indicator was key in identifying the issue?

A.

Large ICMP payloads

B.

Unauthorized ARP broadcast

C.

Suspicious outbound connections

D.

Incorrect DNS caching

Question # 13

Which of the following is an attack that occurs when a malicious program causes a user’s browser to perform an unwanted action on a trusted site for which the user is currently authenticated?

A.

Cross-site scripting

B.

Insecure direct object references

C.

Cross-site request forgery

D.

SQL injection

Question # 14

An insider threat response plan helps an organization minimize the damage caused by malicious insiders. One of the approaches to mitigate these threats is setting up controls from the human resources department. Which of the following guidelines can the human resources department use?

A.

Access granted to users should be documented and vetted by a supervisor.

B.

Disable the default administrative account to ensure accountability.

C.

Implement a person-to-person rule to secure the backup process and physical media.

D.

Monitor and secure the organization ' s physical environment.

Question # 15

A US Federal Agency network was the target of a DoS attack that prevented and

impaired the normal authorized functionality of the networks. According to agency’s

reporting timeframe guidelines, this incident should be reported within 2 h of

discovery/detection if the successful attack is still ongoing and the agency is unable to

successfully mitigate the activity.

Which incident category of US Federal Agency does this incident belong to?

A.

CAT 6

B.

CAT 2

C.

CAT 1

D.

CAT 5

Question # 16

Emily, a member of the cybersecurity response team, receives an alert indicating suspicious login attempts on the company’s internal HR portal. Upon inspection, she finds several failed login attempts from a foreign IP address targeting administrative accounts. Further investigation reveals that one of the accounts was compromised and its privileges were escalated. What indicator most strongly suggests this is an unauthorized access incident?

A.

New system process creation

B.

Log entries showing access to critical files

C.

High CPU utilization

D.

Suspicious DNS activity

Question # 17

Which of the following are malicious software programs that infect computers and corrupt or delete the data on them?

A.

Worms

B.

Trojans

C.

Spyware

D.

Virus

Question # 18

Smith employs various malware detection techniques to thoroughly examine the

network and its systems for suspicious and malicious malware files. Among all

techniques, which one involves analyzing the memory dumps or binary codes for the

traces of malware?

A.

Live system

B.

Dynamic analysis

C.

Intrusion analysis

D.

Static analysis

Question # 19

SafePay, an online payment portal, recently introduced an advanced search feature. A week later, users reported unauthorized transactions. Investigation showed attackers exploited advanced search strings and a previously unidentified vulnerability. What is SafePay ' s best immediate action?

A.

Implement multi-factor authentication for all user accounts.

B.

Disable the advanced search feature and revert to the older version.

C.

Require users to re-authenticate before accessing advanced search.

D.

Increase the encryption level of stored user data.

Question # 20

Which of the following does NOT reduce the success rate of SQL injection?

A.

Close unnecessary application services and ports on the server.

B.

Automatically lock a user account after a predefined number of invalid login attempts within a predefined interval.

C.

Constrain legitimate characters to exclude special characters.

D.

Limit the length of the input field.

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