Security Tools

Question 1

Windows diagnostic command for displaying possible routes and measuring transit delays of packets across a network

Answer 1

tracert

Question 2

Linux diagnostic command for displaying possible routes and measuring transit delays of packets across a network

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traceroute

Question 3

Windows utility used to determine the IP address associated with a domain name and other DNS information

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nslookup

Question 4

Linux utility used to determine the IP address associated with a domain name and other DNS information

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dig

Question 5

Displays all network configurations and can modify DHCP and DNS settings. List windows then linux

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ipconfing / ifconfig

Question 6

Open source network scanner

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nmap

Question 7

Used to determine if a host is reachable on a network

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ping / pathping

Question 8

Open source packet generator and analyzer for the TCP/IP protocol that is used for security auditing and test of firewalls and networks

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hping

Question 9

Displays the network connections for TCP, routing tables and a number of network interface and network protocol statistics

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netstat

Question 10

Utility for reading from and writing to network connections

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netcat

Question 11

utility for viewing and modifying the local ARP cache

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Arp

Question 12

utility that is used to view and manipulate the IP routing table

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route

Question 13

Command line tool to transfer data to or from a server using any of the IP protocols

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curl

Question 14

A python script that is used to gather emails, subdomains, hosts, employee names, open ports etc

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the harvester

Question 15

automated scanner that can be used during a pen test to enumerate and scan vulnerabilities

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sn1per

Question 16

Utility that can perform open port scans in a stealth like manner

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Scanless

Question 17

Utility that is used for DNS enumeration to locate all DNS servers and DNS entries for a given organization

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DNSenum

Question 18

Proprietary vulnerability scanner that can remotely scan. Computer or network for vulnerabilities

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Nessus

Question 19

Software for malware analysis in a sandbox environment

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Cuckoo

Question 20

Linux Command line utility for outputting the first ten lines of a file

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head

Question 21

Linux Command line utility for outputting the last ten lines of a file

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tail

Question 22

Linux Command line utility for outputting all of the contents of a file to the screen

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cat

Question 23

Linux Command line utility for searching plain text data for lines that match a string, regular expression or pattern

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grep

Question 24

Linux Command line utility used to change the access permissions of file system objects

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chmod

Question 25

Linux utility that provides an easy way to add messages to the /var/log/syslog file from the command Lin or from other files

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logger

Question 26

Utility that supports encrypted data transfer between two computers

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SSH

Question 27

Windows task automation and config management framework - command line shell and associated scripting language

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powershell

Question 28

interpreted high level programming language

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python

Question 29

Software library for applications that secure communications over computer networks against eavesdropping

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Open SSL

Question 30

Command line utility that allows you to capture, dump and analyze network traffic going through your system

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tcpdump

Question 31

popular network analysis tool

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Wireshark

Question 32

Forensic command line utility used to copy disk images using a bit by bit copying process

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DD

Question 33

Forensic data preview and imaging tool that lets you quickly asses electronic evidence to determine if further analysis is needed

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FTK imager

Question 34

Forensic linux command line utility used to dump system memory

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Memdump

Question 35

Forensic commercial disk editor and universal hexadecimal editor used for data recovery

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WinHex

Question 36

Digital forensics platform and GUI to the sleuth kit

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Autopsy

Question 37

Security tool that is used to EXPLOT vulnerabilities

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Metasploit

Question 38

Tool that can hook one or more browsers and can use them as a man in the middle between a hacker and target

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BEEF - browser exploitation framework

Question 39

Windows exclusive password cracking tool

Answer 39

Cain and Abel