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Information Security Analyst Interview Questions

Top 12 Information Security Analyst Interview Questions & Answers 1) Explain what is the role of information security analyst? From small to large companies role of information security analyst includes Implementing security measures to protect computer systems, data and networks Keep himself up-to-date with on the latest intelligence which includes hackers techniques as well Preventing data loss and service interruptions Testing of data processing system and performing risk assessments Installing various security software like firewalls, data encryption and other security measures Recommending security enhancements and purchases Planning, testing and implementing network disaster plans Staff training on information and network security procedures 2) Mention what is data leakage? What are the factors that can cause data leakage? The separation or departing of IP from its intended place of storage is known as data leakage. The factors that are respons...

Tr0ll 1.0 – Vulnhub CTF Challenge Walkthrough

Tr0ll 1.0 is an intentionally vulnerable machine, which is more of a CTF like type than real world scenario. Nevertheless, this machine has its own difficulties and you can learn some new stuff from it. So, let’s start. Enumeration Phase Let’s first run netdiscover to find the IP of our machine. netdiscover -r 192.168.1.1/24 After that, we run our typical nmap scan to see the open ports in the machine. nmap -A -sS -Pn -vv [target] Great we see many interesting stuff here. First of all, there is an open FTP port and we can connect to it with anonymous access . Also there is an open http port, we will run a nikto scan for it. The ssh port will be valuable later. From the nikto scan we got an interesting /secret/ folder. When we get inside, we can understand why the machine got this name. Nothing interesting here, as you can see. we got trolled Let’s connect ...

FartKnocker – Vulnhub CTF Challenge Walkthrough

Fart Knocker is a Boot2Root Challenge from TopHatSec Series and is available at Vulnhub . This is a unique and interesting challenge that includes Packet Analysis and Port Knocking. In this walkthrough, I’ll be using Parrot Security OS but you can use any Linux distro you want. Start the Virtual machine and use Netdiscover to find its IP Address. Register this IP to your local DNS file “/etc/hosts”. sudo netdiscover -r [IP/subnet] sudo nano /etc/hosts Run a full port Nmap scan. There’s no port open except HTTP. Open this on your browser. Click on the link below, you’ll be prompted to download a file. This is a “pcap” file. when you open this file in Wireshark, you’ll see a knocking pattern on port no 7000, 8000, 9000, 7000, 8000. Apply TCP filter to see the pattern. Now, I’ll use a utility “knock” to knock these ports install Knockd sudo apt install knockd knock knock.local 7000 8000 9000 7000 8000 nmap -p- knock.local By running Nmap...

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