5V0-93.22 Exam Dumps : VMware Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint Standard Skills

A leading wildcard is a wildcard that is placed at the beginning of a search term, such as * or ?. A leading wildcard matches any characters that precede the specified term. For example, filemod:/system32/ntdll.dll matches any file modification events that end with /system32/ntdll.dll, regardless of the drive letter or the directory name. A leading wildcard is not recommended unless absolutely necessary because it carries a significant performance penalty for the search. This is because the search engine has to scan the entire index for possible matches, rather than using the index to quickly narrow down the results1.

The other options are not examples of leading wildcards. A. filemod:system32/ntdll.dll is an exact match query that matches only file modification events that are exactly system32/ntdll.dll. B. filemod:system32/ntdll.dll is a trailing wildcard query that matches any file modification events that start with system32/ and end with ntdll.dll, regardless of the characters in between. D. filemod:system32/ntdll.dll is a trailing wildcard query that matches any file modification events that start with system32/ntdll.dll, regardless of the characters that follow. References:

• Search Syntax - VMware Docs, Wildcards section.

According to the VMware Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint Standard User Guide, the Sensor Service (RepMqr) is the process that is responsible for uploading event reporting to VMware Carbon Black Cloud. The Sensor Service (RepMqr) is one of the components of the VMware Carbon Black Cloud sensor, which is the software agent that runs on the endpoints and collects and sends data to the VMware Carbon Black Cloud console. The Sensor Service (RepMqr) is responsible for the following tasks:

• Collecting and compressing endpoint events
• Sending endpoint events to the VMware Carbon Black Cloud console
• Receiving and applying policy updates from the VMware Carbon Black Cloud console
• Performing actions requested by the VMware Carbon Black Cloud console, such as quarantine, unquarantine, or bypass

The other processes are not responsible for uploading event reporting to VMware Carbon Black Cloud. The Sensor Service (RepUx) is the process that is responsible for uploading file metadata and content to VMware Carbon Black Cloud. The Scanner Service (scanhost) is the process that is responsible for scanning the endpoint for malicious files and activity. The Scanner Service (Re) is the process that is responsible for scanning the endpoint for reputation information. References:

• VMware Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint Standard User Guide, page 7, Sensor Components section, Sensor Service (RepMqr) subsection.

The reputation that was used by the sensor for the decision to terminate the process was the effective reputation. The effective reputation is the reputation that the sensor uses to evaluate and enforce policy rules on the endpoint. The effective reputation is determined by the following factors:

• The initial cloud reputation, which is the reputation that the Carbon Black Cloud assigns to the file based on its analysis and threat intelligence feeds.
• The actioned reputation, which is the reputation that the administrator assigns to the file through the Carbon Black Cloud console, such as approve, ban, or dismiss.
• The current cloud reputation, which is the reputation that the Carbon Black Cloud updates for the file based on new information or changes in the threat landscape.

The effective reputation is the highest priority reputation among these three factors. For example, if the initial cloud reputation is SUSPECT_MALWARE, the actioned reputation is APPROVED, and the current cloud reputation is KNOWN_MALWARE, the effective reputation will be APPROVED, because it has the highest priority. The sensor will use the effective reputation to apply the policy rules on the endpoint. In this case, the process will not be blocked by the rule [Suspected malware] [Invokes a command interpreter] [Terminate process], because the effective reputation is not SUSPECT_MALWARE.

In the question scenario, the effective reputation for the process was SUSPECT_MALWARE, which means that either the initial cloud reputation, the actioned reputation, or the current cloud reputation was SUSPECT_MALWARE, and there was no higher priority reputation that overrode it. Therefore, the sensor used the effective reputation to enforce the policy rule and terminate the process. References:

• Endpoint Standard: How to Confirm Applied … - VMware Carbon Black, Resolution section.