EC-COUNCIL EC-Council Certified Security Specialist (ECSSv10) - ECSS Exam Practice Test

Sarah was accessing confidential office files from a remote location via her personal computer connected to the public Internet. Accidentally, a malicious file was downloaded onto Sarah's computer without her knowledge. This download might be due to the free Internet access and the absence of network defense solutions.
Identify the Internet access policy demonstrated in the above scenario.

Sandra, a hacker, targeted Johana, a software professional, to steal her banking details. She started sending frequent, random pop-up messages with malicious links to her social media page. Johana accidentally clicked on a link, causing a malicious program to get installed in her system. Subsequently, when Johana attempted to access her banking website, the URL directed her to a malicious website controlled by Sandra. Johana entered her banking credentials on the fake website, which Sandra then captured.
Identify the type of attack performed by Sandra on Johana.

Below are the various stages of the virus lifecycle:
1) Replication
2)Detection
3)lncorporation
4)Design
5)Execution of the damage routine
6)Launch
What is the correct sequence of stages involved in the virus lifecycle?

William is an attacker who is attempting to hack Bluetooth-enabled devices at public places. Within the target's range, he used special software to obtain the data stored in the victim's device. He used a technique that exploits the vulnerability in the OBject Exchange (OBEX) protocol that Bluetooth uses to exchange information.
Identify the attack performed by William in the above scenario.

While investigating a web attack on a Windows-based server, Jessy executed the following command on her system:
C:\> net view <10.10.10.11>
What was Jessy's objective in running the above command?

Which of the following layers of the loT architecture is responsible for delivering services to respective users from different sectors such as building, industrial, manufacturing, automobile, security, and healthcare?

Kevin, a security team member, was instructed to share a policy document with the employees. As it was supposed to be shared within the network, he used a simple algorithm to encrypt the document that just rearranges the same characters to produce the ciphertext.
Identify the type of cipher employed by Kevin in the above scenario.

Melissa, an ex-employee of an organization, was fired because of misuse of resources and security violations.
She sought revenge against the company and targeted its network, as she is already aware of its network topology.
Which of the following categories of insiders does Melissa belong to?

Jack, a forensic investigator, was appointed to investigate a Windows-based security incident. In this process, he employed an Autopsy tool to recover the deleted files from unallocated space, which helps in gathering potential evidence.
Which of the following functions of Autopsy helped Jack recover the deleted files?

John, a forensic officer, was working on a criminal case. He employed imaging software to create a copy of data from the suspect device on a storage medium for further investigation. For developing an image of the original data, John used a software application that does not allow an unauthorized user to alter the image content on storage media, thereby retaining an unaltered image copy.
Identify the data acquisition step performed by John in the above scenario.