Tag: Certified Ethical Hacker – CEH – 312-50

Certified Ethical Hacker – CEH – 312-50 – Question003

A large company intends to use Blackberry for corporate mobile phones and a security analyst is assigned to evaluate the possible threats. The analyst will use the Blackjacking attack method to demonstrate how an attacker could circumvent perimeter defenses
and gain access to the corporate network. What tool should the analyst use to perform a Blackjacking attack?


A. Paros Proxy
B. BBProxy
C. BBCrack
D. Blooover

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Blackberry users warned of hacking tool threat.
Users have been warned that the security of Blackberry wireless e-mail devices is at risk due to the availability this week of a new hacking tool. Secure Computing Corporation said businesses that have installed Blackberry servers behind their gateway security devices could be vulnerable to a hacking attack from a tool call BBProxy.

References: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240062112/Technology-news-in-brief

Certified Ethical Hacker – CEH – 312-50 – Question002

Which of the following is an application that requires a host application for replication?


A. Micro
B. Worm
C. Trojan
D. Virus

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

Computer viruses infect a variety of different subsystems on their hosts. A computer virus is a malware that, when executed, replicates by reproducing it self or infecting other programs by modifying them. Infecting computer programs can include as well, data files, or the boot sector of the hard drive. When this replication succeeds, the affected areas are then said to be “infected”.

References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus

Certified Ethical Hacker – CEH – 312-50 – Question001

Which of the following is a hardware requirement that either an IDS/IPS system or a proxy server must have in order to properly function?


A. Fast processor to help with network traffic analysis
B. They must be dual-homed
C. Similar RAM requirements
D. Fast network interface cards

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Dual-homed or dual-homing can refer to either an Ethernet device that has more than one network interface, for redundancy purposes, or in firewall technology, dual-homed is one of the firewall architectures, such as an IDS/IPS system, for implementing preventive security.

References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-homed