Chapter 10

1. Which stage of a cyberattack would be using the scanning tools we discussed belong to?
   1. Payload delivery
   2. Exploitation
   3. Recovery
   4. Reconnaissance

   Answer: D – Scanning activity is part of reconnaissance operations.

2. What is Wireshark?
   1. A protocol analyzer
   2. A Mafia-linked loan officer
   3. A physical cable tap
   4. A network packet generator

   Answer: A – Wireshark is a premier protocol analyzer. You’ll often see job postings asking for experience in protocol analysis that name Wireshark specifically.

3. What is John the Ripper?
   1. Jack’s older brother
   2. A password and hash-cracking utility
   3. A network packet disassembler
   4. A WAF bypass exploit

   Answer: B – John the Ripper is known for password and hash cracking.

4. What do you suppose would happen if the password you are trying to crack isn’t on the wordlist that’s being invoked by your cracking utility?
   1. The utility will automatically restart using values from the next wordlist in the directory
   2. The utility will...