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Which of the following are based on malicious code? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose two.

The correct answer is A. Trojan horse B. Worm. Trojan horses and worms are both categories of malicious code - Trojans masquerade as legitimate software while worms self-replicate and spread autonomously across networks.

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Question

Which of the following are based on malicious code? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose two.

Options

  • ATrojan horse
  • BWorm
  • CBiometrics
  • DDenial-of-Service (DoS)

How the community answered

(41 responses)
  • A
    93% (38)
  • C
    5% (2)
  • D
    2% (1)

Why each option

Trojan horses and worms are both categories of malicious code - Trojans masquerade as legitimate software while worms self-replicate and spread autonomously across networks.

ATrojan horseCorrect

A Trojan horse is malicious code that disguises itself as a legitimate or benign program to deceive users into executing it, causing harm such as opening backdoors or stealing data - it is definitively malicious code.

BWormCorrect

A worm is self-replicating malicious code that propagates across networks without requiring user interaction, consuming resources and potentially delivering destructive payloads - it is a core category of malware.

CBiometrics

Biometrics is an authentication technology that uses unique physical or behavioral traits to verify identity - it has no relationship to malicious code or malware categories.

DDenial-of-Service (DoS)

Denial-of-Service is a network attack technique that overwhelms a target with traffic or requests - while DoS tools may sometimes be malware-delivered, DoS itself is an attack method, not a malicious code category.

Concept tested: Malware categories based on malicious code

Source: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-83r1.pdf

Topics

#malicious code#Trojan horse#worms#malware types

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