A Security Analyst Is Investigating a Call from a User

question 1020

Multiple Choice

A security analyst is investigating a call from a user regarding one of the websites receiving a 503: Service Unavailable error. The analyst runs a netstat-an command to discover if the web server is up and listening. The analyst receives the following output: TCP 10.1.5.2:80 192.168.2.112:60973 TIME_WAIT TCP 10.1.5.2:80 192.168.2.112:60974 TIME_WAIT TCP 10.1.5.2:80 192.168.2.112:60975 TIME_WAIT TCP 10.1.5.2:80 192.168.2.112:60976 TIME_WAIT TCP 10.1.5.2:80 192.168.2.112:60977 TIME_WAIT TCP 10.1.5.2:80 192.168.2.112:60978 TIME_WAIT Which of the following types of attack is the analyst seeing?

• A) Buffer overflow
• B) Domain hijacking
• C) Denial of service
• D) ARP poisoning

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Definitions:

Purchases Journal

A financial record keeping system that tracks all purchases of merchandise, supplies, or other assets on credit.

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Purchases Journal

A specialized accounting journal used to record all purchases of goods and services on credit.