GSLC · Question #213
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.
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)- A93% (38)
- C5% (2)
- D2% (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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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