Exam Name: | CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) Exam | ||
Exam Code: | CAS-004 Dumps | ||
Vendor: | CompTIA | Certification: | CompTIA CASP |
Questions: | 439 Q&A's | Shared By: | gideon |
A security operations center analyst is investigating anomalous activity between a database server and an unknown external IP address and gathered the following data:
• dbadmin last logged in at 7:30 a.m. and logged out at 8:05 a.m.
• A persistent TCP/6667 connection to the external address was established at 7:55 a.m. The connection is still active.
• Other than bytes transferred to keep the connection alive, only a few kilobytes of data transfer every hour since the start of the connection.
• A sample outbound request payload from PCAP showed the ASCII content: "JOIN #community".
Which of the following is the MOST likely root cause?
A security team received a regulatory notice asking for information regarding collusion and pricing from staff members who are no longer with the organization. The legal department provided the security team with a list of search terms to investigate.
This is an example of:
An organization’s assessment of a third-party, non-critical vendor reveals that the vendor does not have cybersecurity insurance and IT staff turnover is high. The organization uses the vendor to move customer office equipment from one service location to another. The vendor acquires customer data and access to the business via an API.
Given this information, which of the following is a noted risk?
A security engineer is reviewing a record of events after a recent data breach incident that Involved the following:
• A hacker conducted reconnaissance and developed a footprint of the company s Internet-facing web application assets.
• A vulnerability in a third-party horary was exploited by the hacker, resulting in the compromise of a local account.
• The hacker took advantage of the account's excessive privileges to access a data store and exfiltrate the data without detection.
Which of the following is the BEST solution to help prevent this type of attack from being successful in the future?