312-50V13 Question #604: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

In a recent cyber-attack against a large corporation, an unknown adversary compromised the network and began escalating privileges and lateral movement. The security team identified that the adversary used a sophisticated set of techniques, specifically targeting zero-day vulnerabilities. As a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) hired to understand this attack and propose preventive measures, which of the following actions will be most crucial for your initial analysis?

Options

• AIdentifying the specific tools used by the adversary for privilege escalation.
• BAnalyzing the initial exploitation methods, the adversary used.
• CChecking the persistence mechanisms used by the adversary in compromised systems.
• DInvestigating the data exfiltration methods used by the adversary.