Easy Cybersecurity Analyst questions
34 questions · 5 points each for a correct first answer.
- 1.Which part of the CIA triad does a DDoS hit?security-fundamentals, cia-triadeasy
- 2.Threat, vulnerability or risk?security-fundamentals, risk-managementeasy
- 3.What does SHA-256 do?cryptography, malware-triageeasy
- 4.Default port for Remote Desktopnetworking, ports-and-protocolseasy
- 5.Where to see SPF, DKIM and DMARC resultsphishing-analysis, email-securityeasy
- 6.Symmetric or asymmetric?cryptographyeasy
- 7.IDS vs IPSnetwork-security, ids-ipseasy
- 8.What is Windows Event ID 4625?windows-logs, log-analysiseasy
- 9.Applying least privilegeaccess-control, security-fundamentalseasy
- 10.Which login is really two-factor?identity-security, mfaeasy
- 11.What is spear phishing?phishing-analysis, social-engineeringeasy
- 12.Which port does DNS use?network-fundamentalseasy
- 13.Which key encrypts a secret message?cryptographyeasy
- 14.How a digital signature is createdcryptography, pkieasy
- 15.Why passwords are saltedcryptography, identity-securityeasy
- 16.What is Windows Event ID 4624?windows-event-logs, log-analysiseasy
- 17.IOC vs IOAthreat-intelligence, alert-triageeasy
- 18.False positive or false negative?alert-triage, detection-engineeringeasy
- 19.Which malware spreads by itself?malware-fundamentalseasy
- 20.Backups that survive ransomwareincident-response, ransomware-defenseeasy
- 21.What HTTPS protectsnetwork-fundamentals, cryptographyeasy
- 22.Spot the defence in depthsecurity-architecture, security-fundamentalseasy
- 23.What is a zero-day?vulnerability-managementeasy
- 24.CVE, CVSS and CWEvulnerability-managementeasy
- 25.What is Sysmon Event ID 1?sysmon, windows-event-logseasy
- 26.What makes a firewall stateful?network-securityeasy
- 27.What does SPF check?email-security, phishing-analysiseasy
- 28.Brute force or password spraying?alert-triage, identity-securityeasy
- 29.Which IP address is private?network-fundamentalseasy
- 30.Safe use of VirusTotalmalware-triage, threat-intelligenceeasy
- 31.A hash that no longer matchescryptography, security-fundamentalseasy
- 32.Why chain of custody mattersdigital-forensics, incident-responseeasy
- 33.What a Tier 1 SOC analyst doesalert-triage, soc-operationseasy
- 34.Spot the social engineeringsocial-engineering, security-awarenesseasy