When it comes to security, enterprise systems and networks are not all created equal. When it comes down to it, they aren't all that different either. Some vulnerabilities are common to them all. Take our quiz to test your knowledge of various vulnerabilities and learn how to defend your organization against them with the resources we've collected below.
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1. An intruder might install this on a networked computer
to collect userids and passwords from other machines on the
network.
a. passphrase
b. rootkit
c. ownership
tag
d. token
e. pseudonymous
profile
2. This type of intrusion relies on the intruder's ability
to trick people into breaking normal security procedures.
a. shoulder
surfing
b. hijacking
c. brain
fingerprinting
d. social
engineering
e. war
driving
3. The developers of an operating system or vendor
application might issue this to prevent intruders from taking
advantage of a weakness in their programming.
a. cookie
b. key
fob
c. watermark
d. Antigen
e. patch
4. This is an attack on a computer system that takes
advantage of a particular vulnerability that the system offers
to intruders.
a. port
scan
b. denial
of service
c. exploit
d. logic
bomb
e. phreaking
5. This is a program in which harmful code is contained
inside apparently harmless programming or data.
a. Snort
b. honeypot
c. blue
bomb
d. presence
technology
e. Trojan
horse
6. This is the modification of personal information on a
Web user's computer to gain unauthorized information with
which to obtain access to the user's existing accounts.
a.
identity
theft
b. cookie
poisoning
c. shoulder
surfing
d. relative
identifier
e. piracy
7. This type of attack may cause additional damage by
sending data containing codes designed to trigger specific
actions - for example, changing data or disclosing
confidential information.
a. buffer
overflow
b. block
cipher
c. war
dialing
d. distributed
denial-of-service attack
e. nuking
8. This is the forging of an e-mail header so that the
message appears to have originated from someone or somewhere
other than the actual source.
a. footprinting
b. nonrepudiation
c. e-mail
spoofing
d. finger
e. sheep
dipping
9. This is a type of network security attack in which the
intruder takes control of a communication between two entities
and masquerades as one of them.
a. hijacking
b. identity
theft
c. smurf
attack
d. tunneling
e. stealth
10. This is a compromised Web site that is being used as an
attack launch point in a denial-of-service attack.
a. bastion
host
b. packet
monkey
c. dongle
d. zombie
e. token
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Quiz #2: Security Basics
Quiz #3: Data Storage
Quiz #4: Networking Hardware
Quiz #5: Getting Your Message Across the Network
Quiz #6: Servers
Quiz #7: Protocols
Quiz #8: Database Basics
Quiz #9: Wireless
Quiz #10: TCP/IP
Quiz #11: Ego-Booster
Quiz #12: Database II
Quiz #13: AS/400
Quiz #14: Peripherals
Quiz #15: HP
Quiz #16: Web Management Basics
Quiz #17: DSL
Quiz #18: Do you know me? You should!
Quiz #19: Artificial Intelligence
Quiz #20: Cryptography
Quiz #21: We're Going to the Zoo!
Quiz #22: Web Site Performance
Quiz #23: Firewalls
Quiz #24: Web Services
Quiz #25: Security
Quiz #26: Storage Smarts
Quiz #27: Security Awareness for End-users
Quiz #28: Ethernet
Quiz #29: iSeries (AS/400) Commands
Quiz #30: Troubleshooting
Quiz #31: Laptops
Quiz #32: Securing your network
Quiz #33: Logic Chips
Quiz #34: Workstations
Quiz #35: Common Vulnerabilities (you're on this quiz now)
Answers:
1. b. rootkit
Read expert
advice on using a rootkit to test an intrusion-detection
system.
2. d. social engineering
The Security Policies Tip, Social
engineering attacks: What we can learn from Kevin Mitnick,
offers best practicies for combating social engineering.
3. e. patch
Learn how to gain control over patches with
this Tech Tip, Managing
the patchwork mess.
4. c. exploit
Learn more about the threat of exploits in
this article, Worm
and exploit writers are faster than ever.
5. e. Trojan horse
This Virus Prevention Tip, Backdoor
Trojan making the rounds, explains how to detect and
remove the Backdoor.Spart.C Trojan.
6. b. cookie poisoning
Learn more about cookies in this
Web
Security Tip.
7. a. buffer overflow
Learn more about buffer overflows
in this article, Buffer
overflows likely to be around for another decade.
8. c. spoofing
SearchSecurity expert Jonathan Callas
explains what measures businesses can take to protect
themselves from e-mail
spoofing in this Q&A.
9. a. hijacking
Learn more about session
hijacking in this Ask the Expert Q&A with Stephen
Mencik.
10. d. zombie
Don't become a zombie. Learn more about
distributed denial-of-service attacks with the Security
Policies Tip, Preparing
for DDoS attacks.
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This was first published in July 2003