Tag: security

Questions Related to security

The user right clicks to view the source code and finds out the name of the developer.
technology security

  1. Sensitive information disclosure.

  2. Man in the middle attack.

  3. Social engineering.

  4. Possible social engineering.

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Correct Option: D

The user inserts a internet link into a textbox, which is seen by other users; when other user clicks on the link, a pop-up says “This is XSS!”
technology security

  1. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.

  2. Link Injection.

  3. Persistent Cross-Site Scripting.

  4. Phishing.

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Correct Option: B

The user inserts a crafted code in a search textbox of a web application; the application takes more than normal time and displays massive amount of result.

technology security

  1. Social Engineering.

  2. SQL Injection.

  3. Log Injection.

  4. Reflected XSS.

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Correct Option: B

The user finds that the page of a web application that was displayed after login was full of irrelevant contents instead of the regular information; the URL from where he logged in was proper though.
technology security

  1. SQL Injection.

  2. Persistent XSS.

  3. DNS poisoning.

  4. Phishing.

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Correct Option: B

The user types the URL of an Internet application and he is navigated to an application, which is not even close to the real one.

technology security

  1. DNS poisoning.

  2. Phishing.

  3. Social Engineering.

  4. Network eavesdropping.

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Correct Option: A

A user uses a un-trusted public proxy-server to log into his email account, and after sometime finds that he is no more able to log into his email account.

technology security

  1. Phishing.

  2. Network eavesdropping.

  3. Man in the middle attack.

  4. Key logger.

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Correct Option: C

A user browses a website and clicks on a link which doesn’t seem to work, he is later accused of downloading the whole website.
technology security

  1. Man in the middle attack.

  2. Persistent Cross-site Scripting.

  3. Phishing.

  4. Log Injection.

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Correct Option: D

The user receives an email from a malicious user on the behalf of his bank informing him that user has won a jackpot of $500,000.00 and that the user should verify and update the bank if the same amount has been credited to his account. When the user follows the link provided the email to log in, his credentials are compromised.
technology security

  1. Denial of Service.

  2. Phishing.

  3. Identity Theft.

  4. SQL Injection.

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Correct Option: B

A user downloads a freeware to cut down on the budget, later on he finds out his internet bills were much more than normal, and in addition most of his native applications were behaving in an unpredicted manner.
technology security

  1. Trojan Horse

  2. Virus.

  3. Malware.

  4. Keylogger.

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Correct Option: C

A user browsing the images randomly of a secure web application finds out a pop up that says “Hello!”. The user is using Internet Explorer for browsing images.
technology security

  1. Cross-site Scripting.

  2. Cross-site Scripting by MIME sniffing.

  3. Log Injection.

  4. Identity Theft.

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Correct Option: B