Exam 10: Trojan Horses

A widely used method that detects Trojans is called ____________________. This is similar to reconciling your check register every month to verify that the number of deposits and withdrawals match your bank statement.

For Trojans to be a threat, they must be installed by the user and activated.

____ is a site owned by the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute that tracks Internet threats.

When a machine is ____________________, the hacker can back door into it at any time and perform actions from that machine as if she were sitting at its keyboard.

____ is a Trojan horse designed and used to make a horde of zombies to do the hacker's bidding.

____ is a utility package for Linux.

____ is a remote administration server that allows system administrators to control a computer from a remote location.

The original Trojan horse appears in Homer's ____________________.

What are some of the distribution vectors used by recent Trojan attacks?

Trojan horse attacks are strictly a "Windows users' problem."

____________________ was the first known Trojan horse.

What are some of the actions that Trojans can perform?

A Trojan can perform almost any task on a computer that a human can.

____________________ are machines that have been unobtrusively "owned" by a hacker.

Never accept attachments that are not expected.

XNetStat is a GUI-based netstat tool for Linux that will help you monitor your machine for open ports.

Typical functions for a Trojan might include ____, taking screen captures, accessing files on local and shared drives, or acting as a server where the client is the hacker.

What are some of the most famous Trojans?