FBI Criminal Intelligence and Investigations 2

Question 1

What is the FBI's primary cyber threat intelligence mission?

Accepted Answer

Investigating cyber intrusions, attribution of attacks, and disrupting nation-state and criminal cyber actors

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Managing cybersecurity for all U.S. government networks

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Providing cyber threat intelligence exclusively to the private sector

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Conducting offensive cyber operations against adversaries

Question 2

What is 'ransomware' as a cyber threat the FBI investigates?

Accepted Answer

Malicious software that encrypts victim data and demands payment for decryption keys

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A phishing attack targeting senior government officials

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A denial-of-service attack against critical infrastructure

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Software that secretly harvests credentials from victim networks

Question 3

What does 'TTP' stand for in the context of FBI cyber intelligence?

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Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures used by cyber threat actors

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Threat Tracking Protocol for cybercrime investigations

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Technical Threat Profile assigned to nation-state actors

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Targeted Threat Prevention program

Question 4

What is 'attribution' in FBI cyber investigations?

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The process of identifying the responsible threat actor behind a cyber attack

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Assigning jurisdiction between FBI and other agencies for a cyber case

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Classifying the severity of a cyber incident

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Linking malware samples to known criminal tools

Question 5

What is a 'watering hole attack' in the context of cyber threat intelligence?

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Compromising a website frequently visited by the target to infect visitors with malware

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A denial-of-service attack that floods a network until it fails

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An attack that intercepts communications between two parties

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Sending malicious emails to all employees of a targeted organization

Question 6

What is 'dark web' intelligence and why is it relevant to FBI investigations?

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Intelligence collected from encrypted, anonymized networks that host criminal marketplaces and forums

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Classified FBI intelligence shared only within secure networks

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Intelligence gathered through technical surveillance of criminal communications

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Open-source intelligence derived from password-protected criminal forums