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Securing Individual Systems Part 2 Flashcards

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This is also known as media sanitation…

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Data Destruction

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How are monitors vulnerable?

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They have USB slots that could be used to get into system

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ACL

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Access Control List

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RATs

-Trojan that doesn’t do anything bad until someone tells it to remotely

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Remote Access Trojans

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Virus that’s designed to make itself hard to find

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Armored Virus

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Type of secure operating system?

  • Windows Server
  • built in funtionality
  • more connections
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Server OS

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WPS

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Press a button on your printer and then on your computer and you’re connected via WPA-2 encryption

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Type of secure operating system?

-Desktop versions

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Workstation

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SED

-TPM built into drive

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Self Encrypting Drive

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EMI

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Electromagnetic Interference

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True or False

-Host-based firewalls are set up as implicit deny by default

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True

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What is a Rubber Ducky?

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USB stick that you’re computer sees as a keyboard, but is actually a hacking tool that can run scripts and such

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Developer could write this into software for good or bad reasons

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Backdoor

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Clearing

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Can be done with commands such as erase, format, and delete - these methods are not final

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Type of secure operating system?

  • Apple
  • Android
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Mobile OS

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IDS

-Can help detect threats to the host

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Intrusion Detection System

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Type of secure operating system?

  • limited functions
  • usually linux based
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Kiosk

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Programs that try to put ads up

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Adware

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Clustering

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More than one computer doing the same job

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Bluetooth has how many classes?

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Class 1 - 328’
Class 2 - 33’ distance (most popular for phone/headphones)
Class 3 - 3’

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Used in smart phones and cars to ensure security on these embedded systems…

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Secure Boot

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Where can you disable ports?

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In the bios

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FDE

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Full Disk Encryption

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What does an ISCSI Initiator do?

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Finds the SAN drives

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HSM | -Handles all digital signatures - web servers are an example of who would use this
Hardware Security Module
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Blue-Snarfing
Connecting to someones bluetooth without permission to steal data
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IDS - Inside the network - Watches within the network traffic - Sends alerts on suspicious activity
Intrusion Detection Software
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Purging
Will process the device to remove data from the drive - the device will no longer be usable Ex: magnet machine
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DEP | -Keeps people from running code through system memory reserved locations
Data Execution Prevention
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Piece of software that attaches to other files, propagates, and spreads to other devices, and then eventually activates
Virus
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Software you don't want on your computer - it may or may not be bad
Malware
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Malware that changes itself enough to confuse virus detection
Polymorphic Malware
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Similar to RATs - are triggered by an event and not someone remotely
Logic Bomb
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Some form of malware that sends your info back to the creator of it
Spyware
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Blue-Jacking
Linking up to someones bluetooth without permission just to use resource
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This is a built-in Windows tool to write and custom build scripts to automate tasks
PowerShell
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Type of secure operating system? | -certified machines that are locked down as much as possible while keeping functionality
Trusted OS
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What are removable media controls?
Not allowing people to use optical drives - can shut it off or put a policy on it
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ACL that allows programs
White List
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Software that's running on your system - could be software you're using but is also doing something bad in the background
Trojan
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Scan results identify a file that may not actually harm a system or is actually allowed on the system
False Positive
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Records keystrokes
Keylogger
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Destroying
Will ruin the data and physical media - this includes paper, tape, electronic data, etc. Ex: Burning, shredding, pulping
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ACL that denies programs
Black List
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Type of secure operating system? | -appliance
Embedded System
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Software that escalates privileges to execute other things on computer - could be good or bad
Rootkit
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Application management / Desktop Management tools
Used to make sure everyone is running the correct version of things and all licenses are accounted for
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IPS - Active IDS - Usually close to the edge of the network - Action to prevent will occur at the IPS device
Intrusion Prevention System
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Hidden Wifi
Ex: they make sd cards wifi cards - you cna plug them into someones printer/security camera and now you've created a wifi hotspot on their network
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SAN - Creates new local drives - not network drives - ISCSI is another name for this
Storage Area Networking
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TPM | -Chip that holds encryption keys for that drive - usually activated at bios to be able to encrypt drive
Trusted Platform Module
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NAS - File based sharing protocol - Runs over standard network ex: SMB share
Network Attached Storage
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SFC - Is a file integrity tool - Checks windows core files
System File Checker
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RFI
Radio Frequency Interference
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What does a file integrity check do?
Verifies the file isn't corrupted and that the version and date match expectation
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ESD
Electrostatic Discharge
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Type of malware that locks up your system until you pay someone money
Ransomware/crypto-malware

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