While testing the policy, the engineer temporarily picks up one of the unattended phones and is able to immediately access corporate email, financial reports, and messaging applications without encountering any authentication barrier at the device level.
The organization determines that the exposure stems from inadequate baseline security requirements for personally owned devices used to access corporate resources.
Which BYOD security guideline would most directly mitigate this exposure?
The immediate weakness is absence of device-level authentication. A strong device passcode directly prevents an unauthorized person who physically obtains an unattended smartphone from immediately opening corporate applications and data. Encryption protects stored information, but normally depends on authentication controls to prevent unauthorized interactive access. Separating business and personal information improves BYOD governance but does not stop someone from using an already accessible phone. Application-specific passwords provide additional defense, yet the scenario explicitly identifies the missing baseline control at the device level. CEH v13 Module 17 includes mobile device management and mobile-security guidelines, while established BYOD guidance likewise recommends strong passwords, automatic locking, and authentication controls on personally owned devices accessing organizational data. Therefore, option B most directly addresses the stated exposure.
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A penetration tester is conducting an assessment of a web application for a financial institution. The application uses form-based authentication and does not implement account lockout policies after multiple failed login attempts. Interestingly, the application displays detailed error messages that disclose whether the username or password entered is incorrect. The tester also notices that the application uses HTTP headers to prevent clickjacking attacks but does not implement Content Security Policy (CSP). With these observations, which of the following attack methods would likely be the most effective for the penetration tester to exploit these vulnerabilities and attempt unauthorized access?
1: What is a Brute Force Attack? | Definition, Types & How It Works - Fortinet
2: What is SQL Injection? Tutorial & Examples | Web Security Academy
3: Cross Site Scripting (XSS) | OWASP Foundation
4: What is Clickjacking? | Definition, Types & Examples - Fortinet
5: Man-in-the-middle attack - Wikipedia
Let's imagine three companies (A, B and C), all competing in a challenging global environment. Company A and B are working together in developing a product that will generate a major competitive advantage for them. Company A has a secure DNS server while company B has a DNS server vulnerable to spoofing. With a spoofing attack on the DNS server of company B, company C gains access to outgoing e-mails from company B. How do you prevent DNS spoofing?
Miley, a professional hacker, decided to attack a target organization's network. To perform the attack, she used a tool to send fake ARP messages over the target network to link her MAC address with the target system's IP address. By performing this, Miley received messages directed to the victim's MAC address and further used the tool to intercept, steal, modify, and block sensitive communication to the target system. What is the tool employed by Miley to perform the above attack?
Tony is a penetration tester tasked with performing a penetration test. After gaining initial access to a target
system, he finds a list of hashed passwords.
Which of the following tools would not be useful for cracking the hashed passwords?
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