Certified Incident Manager
Validate your expertise in managing cybersecurity incidents. The CREST Certified Incident Manager (CCIM) credential is for experienced professionals leading complex response teams.
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Look at the YARA rule below for endpoint detection. The incident manager must identify its key flaw according to the playbook. What is the primary limitation?
rule DetectKnownMalware {
meta:
description = "Detect known malware samples by hash"
strings:
$hash1 = "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855"
$hash2 = "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e"
condition:
any of ($hash*) and filesize < 10MB
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