Lab #1

2. What are the four file types that can be used to save a snip using the Windows Snipping Tool?

2. The subject who was diagnosed with secondary hypothyroidism was given levothyroxine (synthetic Thyroxine). After 6 weeks of

Why are spindle fibers important for mitosis? (5 points) Chromosomes use spindle fibers as pathways to daughter cells during mitosis.

Privilege Escalation – when a user gets access to more resources or functionality than they are normally allowed, which is most often through known exploits or zero-day attacks against the local OS

The range of normal resting systolic BP for the subjects in this experiment is 115-125 mmHg. Did systolic BP increase, decrease, or not change with exercise?

One should never run with administrator or root privileges regardless of the operating system platform. If a hacker manages to get in, he or she will still need to find ways to perform privilege escalation to cause more harm. Hopefully, this buys enough time for security professionals within the company to notice abnormal behavior and take action.

The global permission acceptance breaks the policy of least privilege due to the fact that it allows access to items that a user believes to be protected and are not due to the fact that it is placed in an open environment. The open environment is out there and is available to all who happen to be connected. The concept of the least privilege is that it limits who is able to access an item. The item is able to be accessed only after permission have been granted by the owner. When the global acceptance is utilized there is really no control over who is able to see the information due to the fact that the security has been removed to make it easier to be used. Although there are instances where an application has to be granted permission

1. Place a small amount of wax from a birthday candle into a test tube. Heat gently over a burner flame until the wax melts completely; then allow

has the right to take away privileges that already exists. It would not be fair for others for not having rights for

After putting the CH2Cl2 to a beaker containing the drying agent anhydrous sodium sulfate, a sticky white solid was recovered.

System/application attacks fall within three categories: denial or destruction, alteration, and disclosure. This paper will cover some common system/application domain vulnerabilities: unauthorized physical and logical access to resources, weaknesses in server operating system and application software, and data loss.

b. Still use the same program, but replace system() with execve(). Run the program using a regular user account in both Minix and Linux. Describe and explain your observation. If the observation is different from that of the previous program, you need to explain what causes such a difference and which call is more secure.

Notice the list of deliverables toward the end of the information. Part 1 includes deliverables 1-4.

Users accounts should be limited and not granted excessive authorizations especially ability to access to administrative functions such as read and/or write source code and source code trees.

Perform user reviews and ensure that elevated access is only granted to those individuals who need it and have the knowledge to correctly use it. Do not grant permissions with a broad stroke. For example, if someone only needs permission to add an account to a group, grant the “add to user group permission”, not Domain Administrator permission.