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Previous Year Question Paper

CS-503 (C) - Cyber Security

November 2022•CSE•SEMESTER-5
November 2022
Max Marks: 70
Duration: 3 Hours
Instructions:

• Attempt any five questions.

• All questions carry equal marks.

Q.1
a)Unit 5

Which are more threatening to cyber security between viruses and worms? Describe precisely.

b)Unit 5

Illustrate, how password-based authentication system contributes to strengthening Secure System Design.

Q.2
a)Unit 2

Determine the conceptual differences between Spoofing and Session Hijacking.

b)Unit 1

Talk about the different issues and challenges of cybercrime. Also explain the power and characteristics of cyber terrorism.

Q.3
a)Unit 4

Discuss the importance of digital signatures and certificates in the formation of SSL/TLS-based sessions.

b)Unit 2

Analyse how phishing and pharming assaults have affected various web-based transactions.

Q.4
a)Unit 1

Write short note on "Strategies to tackle Cyber Crime and Trends".

b)Unit 2

Consider the following script:

<html>
<body>
<form name="attack_form"
action="http://VULNERABLE_APP/attack.php"
method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="attack_param"
value="POST_ATTACK">
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.attack_form.submit();
</script>
</body>
</html>

What type of vulnerabilities can be possible with the above script? Justify your answer with proper explanation.

Q.5
a)Unit 2

user=request.POST['user_name'] passwd=request.POST['password'] query1="SELECT id FROM users WHERE username='"+ user+"' AND password='"+ passwd+"'" database.execute(query1) Analyse the above statements for any threat? If it exists, write the alternative statements to make them safe.

b)Unit 4

Explain Electronic Signature Certificate. What are the duties of subscriber in relation to it?

Q.6
a)Unit 2

Discuss the roles of Document Object Model (DOM) in web security. What is cross-window attack?

b)Unit 2

Explain the role of cookies in enhancing threats against various web applications?

Q.7
a)Unit 3

What are the different types of offence in Information Technology Act 2000? Discuss cyber offence control mechanism under this Act.

b)Unit 5

How can attacker inject the malicious code in a specific address and execute it as per requirement using buffer overflow attack? - Explain it with suitable example.

Q.8
a)Unit 1

Discuss the different issues and challenges of cybercrime? Also explain the power and characteristics of cyber terrorism.

b)Unit 4

Discuss the importance of TLS handshaking in a secure session establishment.