Exact2Pass
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Liam, a senior incident responder at a manufacturing company, is alerted to an email campaign distributing malware through fake invoice attachments. He confirms that some users opened the attachment, resulting in system slowdown and unauthorized access attempts. He disconnects affected machines, scans and removes malware, disables compromised accounts, restores systems from clean backups, and documents file hashes, sender IPs, and malicious domains. Which of the following best describes Liam’s objective?
A global bank ' s IH & R team is investigating an intricate cyber-espionage campaign. Advanced persistent threat (APT) actors exfiltrated sensitive financial data over several months using both software vulnerabilities and human errors. What is the MOST appropriate immediate action for the IH & R team?
Which of the following is NOT part of the static data collection process?
During the vulnerability assessment phase, the incident responders perform various
steps as below:
1. Run vulnerability scans using tools
2. Identify and prioritize vulnerabilities
3. Examine and evaluate physical security
4. Perform OSINT information gathering to validate the vulnerabilities
5. Apply business and technology context to scanner results
6. Check for misconfigurations and human errors
7. Create a vulnerability scan report
Identify the correct sequence of vulnerability assessment steps performed by the
incident responders.
Which of the following is a technique used by attackers to make a message difficult to understand through the use of ambiguous language?
Raven is a part of an IH & R team and was informed by her manager to handle and lead the removal of the root cause for an incident and to close all attack vectors to prevent similar incidents in the future. Raven notifies the service providers and developers of affected resources. Which of the following steps of the incident handling and response process does Raven need to implement to remove the root cause of the incident?
Sam. an employee of a multinational company, sends emails to third-party organizations with a spoofed email address of his organization. How can you categorize this type of incident?
A ransomware attack recently disrupted operations at a manufacturing facility, specifically targeting its IoT-integrated conveyor system. While attempting to recover from the incident, the incident response team discovered that the available backups were incomplete—several critical sensor logs and control commands were missing, which caused delays in restoring device functions and syncing with other systems. The team concludes that relying on traditional backup routines alone is insufficient for restoring full IoT functionality after an attack. Which strategy would best prevent such issues in future recovery efforts?
Which of the following terms refers to vulnerable account management functions, including account update, recovery of forgotten or lost passwords, and password reset, that might weaken valid authentication schemes?
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?
