CS0-002 Free Practice Test

A team of security analysts has been alerted to potential malware activity. The initial examination indicates one of the affected workstations is beaconing on TCP port 80 to five IP addresses and attempting to spread across the network over port 445. Which of the following should be the team’s NEXT step during the detection phase of this response process?

1. A. Escalate the incident to management, who will then engage the network infrastructure team to keep them informed.
2. B. Depending on system criticality, remove each affected device from the network by disabling wired and wireless connections.
3. C. Engage the engineering team to block SMB traffic internally and outbound HTTP traffic to the five IP addresses.
4. D. Identify potentially affected systems by creating a correlation search in the SIEM based on the network traffic.

Correct Answer: D

Joe, a penetration tester, used a professional directory to identify a network administrator and ID administrator for a client’s company. Joe then emailed the network administrator, identifying himself as the ID administrator, and asked for a current password as part of a security exercise. Which of the following techniques were used in this scenario?

1. A. Enumeration and OS fingerprinting
2. B. Email harvesting and host scanning
3. C. Social media profiling and phishing
4. D. Network and host scanning

Correct Answer: C