Logical Operations Exam CFR-210 Topic 7 Question 39 Discussion

Actual exam question for Logical Operations's CFR-210 exam

Question #: 39
Topic #: 7

While performing standard maintenance on a UNIX server, a system administrator notices a set of large files with .tar .gz file extensions in the /tmp folder. The system administrator reports this to a security analyst. Performing further research, the analyst has found the .tar .gz files contain information normally housed on one of the bank's data servers. Given this scenario, which of the following is MOST likely occurring?

AA malicious actor, having breached the system, is staging collected data for exfiltration.

BHaving nearly exhausted the capacity of the home directory, a user is moving files to make room.

CAn error on the .hosts file has resultedin the data being backed up to the wrong server.

DOne of the newly hired system administrators has inadvertently backed up data to the wrong server.

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Suggested Answer: D

by Margart at Dec 25, 2022, 02:13 AM

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Whoa, that's pretty concerning! If I had to guess, I'd say option A is the most likely scenario. A malicious actor breaching the system and staging data for exfiltration sounds like a classic hacker move.

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