ITPEC FE Morning April 2020 Question 41
ITPEC FE Morning April 2020 — Question 41 of 80
Rootkit — a package of malicious tools that creates a backdoor and hides evidence of intrusion on a server.
A rootkit installs itself deep into the OS, giving the attacker persistent access while concealing malicious processes, files, and log entries from administrators.
Why not others:
- (a) RFID — Radio-Frequency Identification; a contactless identification technology (tags, badges), unrelated to server intrusion
- (c) TKIP — Temporal Key Integrity Protocol; a Wi-Fi encryption protocol (WPA), a defensive mechanism
- (d) Web beacon — a tiny invisible image (1×1 pixel) embedded in web pages or emails for user tracking, not a server attack tool
Key rule: If the question mentions "hiding intrusion evidence" + "backdoor" → rootkit.
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