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312-50V11 · Question #230

Jesse receives an email with an attachment labeled "Court_Notice_21206.zip". Inside the zip file named "Court_Notice_21206.docx.exe" disguised as a word document. Upon execution, a window appears stat

The correct answer is D. Trojan. In computing, Trojan horse, or Trojan, is any malicious computer program which is used to hack into a computer by misleading users of its true intent. Although their payload can be anything, many modern forms act as a backdoor, contacting a controller which can then have unauthor

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Question

Jesse receives an email with an attachment labeled "Court_Notice_21206.zip". Inside the zip file named "Court_Notice_21206.docx.exe" disguised as a word document. Upon execution, a window appears stating, "This word document is corrupt". In the background, the file copies itself to Jesse APPDATA\local directory and begins to beacon to a C2 server to download additional malicious binaries. What type of malware has Jesse encountered?

Options

  • AWorm
  • BMacro Virus
  • CKey-Logger
  • DTrojan

How the community answered

(26 responses)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    92% (24)

Explanation

In computing, Trojan horse, or Trojan, is any malicious computer program which is used to hack into a computer by misleading users of its true intent. Although their payload can be anything, many modern forms act as a backdoor, contacting a controller which can then have unauthorized access to the affected computer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_horse_(computing)

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#trojan#C2 server#file extension spoofing#malware disguise

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