A threat analyst working in XYZ Company was asked to perform threat intelligence analysis. During the information collection phase, he used a social engineering technique where he pretended to be a legitimate or authorized person. Using this technique, he gathered sensitive information by scanning terminals for passwords, searching important documents on desks, rummaging bins, and so on.
Which of the following social engineering techniques was used by the analyst for information collection?
Mr. Bob, a threat analyst, is performing analysis of competing hypotheses (ACH). He has reached to a stage where he is required to apply his analysis skills effectively to reject as many hypotheses and select the best hypotheses from the identified bunch of hypotheses, and this is done with the help of listed evidence. Then, he prepares a matrix where all the screened hypotheses are placed on the top, and the listed evidence for the hypotheses are placed at the bottom.
What stage of ACH is Bob currently in?
SecurityTech Inc. is developing a TI plan where it can drive more advantages in less funds. In the process of selecting a TI platform, it wants to incorporate a feature that ranks elements such as intelligence sources, threat actors, attacks, and digital assets of the organization, so that it can put in more funds toward the resources which are critical for the organization’s security.
Which of the following key features should SecurityTech Inc. consider in their TI plan for selecting the TI platform?
Jamie, an analyst, was asked to perform statistical data analysis on the acquired data. While performing the analysis, he used conditional probability methods to understand the data and build insights for response actions based on it.
What stage of the statistical data analysis is Jamie currently in?
In a team of threat analysts, two individuals were competing over projecting their own hypotheses on a given malware. However, to find logical proofs to confirm their hypotheses, the threat intelligence manager used a de-biasing strategy that involves learning strategic decision making in the circumstances comprising multistep interactions with numerous representatives, either having or without any perfect relevant information.
Which of the following de-biasing strategies the threat intelligence manager used to confirm their hypotheses?
Michael, a threat analyst, works in an organization named TechTop, was asked to conduct a cyber-threat intelligence analysis. After obtaining information regarding threats, he has started analyzing the information and understanding the nature of the threats.
What stage of the cyber-threat intelligence is Michael currently in?
Joe works as a threat intelligence analyst with Xsecurity Inc. He is assessing the TI program by comparing the project results with the original objectives by reviewing project charter. He is also reviewing the list of expected deliverables to ensure that each of those is delivered to an acceptable level of quality.
Identify the activity that Joe is performing to assess a TI program’s success or failure.
You are a cybersecurity analyst working at a financial institution. An unusual pattern of financial transactions was detected, suggesting potential fraud or money laundering. What specific type of threat intelligence would you rely on to analyze these financial activities and identify potential risks?
Henry. a threat intelligence analyst at ABC Inc., is working on a threat intelligence program. He was assigned to work on establishing criteria for prioritization of intelligence needs and requirements.
Which of the following considerations must be employed by Henry to prioritize intelligence requirements?
While monitoring network activities, an unusual surge in outbound traffic was noticed, and a potential security incident was suspected. In the context of incident responses, what is the initial stage at which you actively recognize and confirm the presence of an incident?
Jim works as a security analyst in a large multinational company. Recently, a group of hackers penetrated into their organizational network and used a data staging technique to collect sensitive data. They collected all sorts of sensitive data about the employees and customers, business tactics of the organization, financial information, network infrastructure information and so on.
What should Jim do to detect the data staging before the hackers exfiltrate from the network?
Flora, a threat intelligence analyst at PanTech Cyber Solutions, is working on a threat intelligence program. She is trying to collect the company's crucial information through online job sites.
Which of the following information will Flora obtain through job sites?
A consortium was established in a collaborative effort to strengthen the cybersecurity posture of multiple organizations within an industry sector. The participating entities decided to adopt a threat intelligence exchange architecture in which all threat data is collected, analyzed, and disseminated through a single central hub.
What type of threat intelligence exchange architecture was implemented in this scenario?
Which of the following components refers to a node in the network that routes the traffic from a workstation to external command and control server and helps in identification of installed malware in the network?
Tim is working as an analyst in an ABC organization. His organization had been facing many challenges in converting the raw threat intelligence data into meaningful contextual information. After inspection, he found that it was due to noise obtained from misrepresentation of data from huge data collections. Hence, it is important to clean the data before performing data analysis using techniques such as data reduction. He needs to choose an appropriate threat intelligence framework that automatically performs data collection, filtering, and analysis for his organization.
Which of the following threat intelligence frameworks should he choose to perform such task?
Enrage Tech Company hired Enrique, a security analyst, for performing threat intelligence analysis. While performing data collection process, he used a counterintelligence mechanism where a recursive DNS server is employed to perform interserver DNS communication and when a request is generated from any name server to the recursive DNS server, the recursive DNS servers log the responses that are received. Then it replicates the logged data and stores the data in the central database. Using these logs, he analyzed the malicious attempts that took place over DNS infrastructure.
Which of the following cyber counterintelligence (CCI) gathering technique has Enrique used for data collection?
In which of the following storage architecture is the data stored in a localized system, server, or storage hardware and capable of storing a limited amount of data in its database and locally available for data usage?
What is the correct sequence of steps involved in scheduling a threat intelligence program?
1. Review the project charter
2. Identify all deliverables
3. Identify the sequence of activities
4. Identify task dependencies
5. Develop the final schedule
6. Estimate duration of each activity
7. Identify and estimate resources for all activities
8. Define all activities
9. Build a work breakdown structure (WBS)
An autonomous robot was deployed to navigate and learn about the environment. Through a trial-and-error process, the robot refines its actions based on positive or negative feedback to maximize cumulative rewards.
What type of machine learning will the robot employ in this scenario?
Henry, working as a threat analyst in an organization named MylesTech, wants to share gathered intelligence. He wants to share the intelligence with a broad range of communities that can be trusted more, but the sensitivity of information is less.
Which of the following tiers of the sharing model must be employed by Henry?
Organizations must choose the right threat intelligence platform to assess and leverage intelligence information, monitor multiple enforcement points, manage intelligence feeds, and select appropriate security for digital assets.
Which of the following key factors ensures that the threat intelligence platform offers a structured way to perform investigations on attacks by processing the threat intelligence and utilizing internal security controls to automate the detection process?
Tyrion, a professional hacker, is targeting an organization to steal confidential information. He wants to perform website footprinting to obtain the following information, which is hidden in the web page header.
Connection status and content type
Accept-ranges and last-modified information
X-powered-by information
Web server in use and its version
Which of the following tools should the Tyrion use to view header content?
An analyst wants to disseminate the information effectively so that the consumers can acquire and benefit out of the intelligence.
Which of the following criteria must an analyst consider in order to make the intelligence concise, to the point, accurate, and easily understandable and must consist of a right balance between tables, narrative, numbers,
graphics, and multimedia?
In which of the following levels of the Threat Hunting Maturity Model (HMM) does an organization use threat intelligence to search for anomalies in the network, follow the latest threat reports gathered from open and closed sources, and use open-source tools for analysis?
Tracy works as a CISO in a large multinational company. She consumes threat intelligence to understand the changing trends of cyber security. She requires intelligence to understand the current business trends and make appropriate decisions regarding new technologies, security budget, improvement of processes, and staff. The intelligence helps her in minimizing business risks and protecting the new technology and business initiatives.
Identify the type of threat intelligence consumer is Tracy.
Two cybersecurity teams from different organizations joined forces to combat a rapidly evolving malware campaign targeting their industry. They exchange real-time information about the attackers’ techniques, compromised systems, and immediate defensive actions. What type of threat intelligence sharing characterizes this collaboration?
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