EC COUNCIL-Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures (CEHv7) Exam Set 21

What is the goal of a Denial of Service Attack?

What do you call a system where users need to remember only one username and password, and be authenticated for multiple services?

Clive has been monitoring his IDS and sees that there are a huge number of ICMP Echo Reply packets that are being received on the external gateway interface. Further inspection reveals that they are not responses from the internal hosts' requests but simply responses coming from the Internet. What could be the most likely cause?

What would best be defined as a security test on services against a known vulnerability database using an automated tool?

A Buffer Overflow attack involves:

When working with Windows systems, what is the RID of the true administrator account?

If you send a SYN to an open port, what is the correct response?(Choose all correct answers.

When working with Windows systems, what is the RID of the true administrator account?

You have been called to investigate a sudden increase in network traffic at XYZ. It seems that the traffic generated was too heavy that normal business functions could no longer be rendered to external employees and clients. After a quick investigation, you find that the computer has services running attached to TFN2k and Trinoo software. What do you think was the most likely cause behind this sudden increase in traffic?

Henry is an attacker and wants to gain control of a system and use it to flood a target system with requests, so as to prevent legitimate users from gaining access. What type of attack is Henry using?