CompTIA CS0-003 - CompTIA CyberSecurity Analyst CySA+ Certification Exam
An incident response analyst is taking over an investigation from another analyst. The investigation has been going on for the past few days. Which of the following steps is most important during the transition between the two analysts?
A systems administrator is reviewing the output of a vulnerability scan.
INSTRUCTIONS
Review the information in each tab.
Based on the organization's environment architecture and remediation standards,
select the server to be patched within 14 days and select the appropriate technique
and mitigation.
An analyst receives an alert for suspicious IIS log activity and reviews the following entries:
2024-05-23 15:57:05 10.203.10.16 HEAT / - 80 - 10.203.10.17 DirBuster-1.0-RC1+(http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_DirBuster_Project)
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Which of the following will the analyst infer from the logs?
Two employees in the finance department installed a freeware application that contained embedded malware. The network is robustly segmented based on areas of responsibility. These computers had critical sensitive information stored locally that needs to be recovered. The department manager advised all department employees to turn off their computers until the security team could be contacted about the issue. Which of the following is the first step the incident response staff members should take when they arrive?
Due to an incident involving company devices, an incident responder needs to take a mobile phone to the lab for further investigation. Which of the following tools should be used to maintain the integrity of the mobile phone while it is transported? (Select two).
A cybersecurity analyst is participating with the DLP project team to classify the organization's data. Which of the following is the primary purpose for classifying data?
A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has determined through lessons learned and an associated after-action report that staff members who use legacy applications do not adequately understand how to differentiate between non-malicious emails and phishing emails. Which of the following should the CISO include in an action plan to remediate this issue?
A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) wants to disable a functionality on a business-critical web application that is vulnerable to RCE in order to maintain the minimum risk level with minimal increased cost.
Which of the following risk treatments best describes what the CISO is looking for?
A SOC analyst observes reconnaissance activity from an IP address. The activity follows a pattern of short bursts toward a low number of targets. An open-source review shows that the IP has a bad reputation. The perimeter firewall logs indicate the inbound traffic was allowed. The destination hosts are high-value assets with EDR agents installed. Which of the following is the best action for the SOC to take to protect against any further activity from the source IP?
During normal security monitoring activities, the following activity was observed:
cd C:\Users\Documents\HR\Employees
takeown/f .*
SUCCESS:
Which of the following best describes the potentially malicious activity observed?