CompTIA SY0-601 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

CompTIA SY0-601 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1031:

  An employee received multiple messages on a mobile device. The messages instructing the employee to pair the device to an unknown device. Which of the following BEST describes What a malicious person might be doing to cause this issue to occur?

  A. Jamming
  B. Bluesnarfing
  C. Evil twin
  D. Rogue access point
  B. Bluesnarfing

• Question 1032:

  A corporate security team needs to secure the wireless perimeter of its physical facilities to ensure only authorized users can access corporate resources.

  Which of the following should the security team do?

  A. Identify rogue access points.
  B. Check for channel overlaps.
  C. Create heat maps.
  D. Implement domain hijacking.
  A. Identify rogue access points.

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  Based on CompTIA SY0-601 Security+ guide, the answer to the question is A. Identify rogue access points. To secure the wireless perimeter of its physical facilities, the corporate security team should focus on identifying rogue access points, which are unauthorized access points that have been set up by employees or outsiders to bypass security controls. By identifying and removing these rogue access points, the team can ensure that only authorized users can access corporate resources through the wireless network. https://www.comptia.org/training/books/security-sy0-601-studyguide

• Question 1033:

  Historically, a company has had issues with users plugging in personally owned removable media devices into corporate computers. As a result, the threat of malware incidents is almost constant. Which of the following would best help prevent the malware from being installed on the computers?

  A. AUP
  B. NGFW
  C. DLP
  D. EDR
  D. EDR

• Question 1034:

  A security administrator needs to provide secure access to internal networks for external partners The administrator has given the PSK and other parameters to the third-party security administrator. Which of the following is being used to establish this connection?

  A. Kerberos
  B. SSL/TLS
  C. IPSec
  D. SSH
  C. IPSec

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  IPSec is a protocol suite that provides secure communication over IP networks. It uses encryption, authentication, and integrity mechanisms to protect data from unauthorized access or modification. IPSec can operate in two modes: transport mode and tunnel mode. In tunnel mode, IPSec can create a virtual private network (VPN) between two endpoints, such as external partners and internal networks. To establish a VPN connection, IPSec requires a pre-shared key (PSK) or other parameters to negotiate the security association. References: https://www.comptia.org/content/guides/what-is-vpn

• Question 1035:

  A security analyst notices that specific files are being deleted each time a systems administrator is on vacation. Which of the following BEST describes the type of malware that is running?

  A. Fileless virus
  B. Logic bomb
  C. Keylogger
  D. Ransomware
  B. Logic bomb

• Question 1036:

  HOTSPOT

  Select the appropriate attack from each drop down list to label the corresponding illustrated attack Instructions: Attacks may only be used once, and will disappear from drop down list if selected. When you have completed the simulation, please select the Done button to submit.

  Hot Area:

  

  

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  Explanation/Reference:

  

  1: Spear phishing is an e-mail spoofing fraud attempt that targets a specific organization,seeking unauthorized access to confidential data. As with the e-mail messages used in regular phishing expeditions, spear phishing messages appear to come from a trusted source. Phishing messages usually appear to come from a large and well-known company or Web site with a broad membership base, such as eBay or PayPal. In the case of spear phishing, however, the apparent source of the e-mail is likely to be an individual within the recipient's own company and generally someone in a position of authority.

  2: The Hoax in this question is designed to make people believe that the fake AV (antivirus) software is genuine.

  3: Vishing is the act of using the telephone in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft. The scammer usually pretends to be a legitimate business, and fools the victim into thinking he or she will profit.

  4: Phishing is the act of sending an email to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.

  Phishing email will direct the user to visit a website where they are asked to update personal information, such as a password, credit card, social security, or bank account numbers, that the legitimate organization already has. The website, however, is bogus and set up only to steal the information the user enters on the page.

  5: Similar in nature to e-mail phishing, pharming seeks to obtain personal or private (usually financial related) information through domain spoofing. Rather than being spammed with malicious and mischievous e-mail requests for you to visit spoof Web sites which appear legitimate, pharming 'poisons' a DNS server by infusing false information into the DNS server, resulting in a user's request being redirected elsewhere. Your browser, however will show you are at the correct Web site, which makes pharming a bit more serious and more difficult to detect. Phishing attempts to scam people one at a time with an e-mail while pharming allows the scammers to target large groups of people at one time through domain spoofing.

  References:

  http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/spear-phishing

  http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/V/vishing.html

  http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/phishing.html

  http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/pharming.html

• Question 1037:

  In the middle of a cybersecurity, a security engineer removes the infected devices from the network and lock down all compromised accounts. In which of the following incident response phases is the security engineer currently operating?

  A. Identification
  B. Preparation
  C. Eradiction
  D. Recovery
  E. Containment
  E. Containment

• Question 1038:

  Which of the following threat actors is most likely to use a high level of sophistication and potentially zero-day exploits to target organizations and systems?

  A. APT groups
  B. Script kiddies
  C. Hacktivists
  D. Ethical hackers
  A. APT groups

• Question 1039:

  Which of the following distributes data among nodes, making it more difficult to manipulate the data while also minimizing downtime?

  A. MSSP
  B. Public cloud
  C. Hybrid cloud
  D. Fog computing
  D. Fog computing

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  Fog computing - data is processed and distributed among nodes

• Question 1040:

  A company recently experienced an attack during which its main website was directed to the attacker's web server, allowing the attacker to harvest credentials from unsuspecting customers. Which of the following should the company implement to prevent this type of attack from occurring in the future?

  A. IPSec
  B. SSL/TLS
  C. DNSSEC
  D. S/MIME
  C. DNSSEC

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  Explanation Explanation/Reference:DNSSEC guarantees the authenticity of DNS responses. When a user receives a DNSSEC-authenticated IP, they gain confidence that the page they are opening is valid.