Question 671

You have retrieved the raw hash values from a Windows 2000 Domain Controller. Using social engineering, you come to know that they are enforcing strong passwords. Passwords must be at least 8 characters and use 3 of the 4 categories (lowercase, uppercase, numbers, special characters). With your knowledge of likely user habits, what would be the fastest type of password cracking attack to run against these hash values?
  • Question 672

    A Java app uses ObjectInputStream.readObject() on untrusted data. What is the risk?
  • Question 673

    Ricardo has discovered the username for an application in his target's environment. As he has a limited amount of time, he decides to attempt to use a list of common passwords he found on the Internet. He compiles them into a list and then feeds that list as an argument into his password- cracking application. What type of attack is Ricardo performing?
  • Question 674

    What information security law or standard aims at protecting stakeholders and the general public from accounting errors and fraudulent activities within organizations?
  • Question 675

    A "Server-Side Includes" attack refers to the exploitation of a web application by injecting scripts in HTML pages or executing arbitrary code remotely. Which web-page file type, if it exists on the web server, is a strong indication that the server is vulnerable to this kind of attack?