Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – July 06, 2022 [Mock Test]

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Splinternet describes the division of the global internet into isolated networks. This fragmentation can be driven by political, governmental, religious, commercial, or technological factors. Examples include China's Great Firewall and North Korea's Kwangmyong system, which restrict access and enforce national sovereignty in cyberspace. All three statements are correct regarding the concept and examples of Splinternet.

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• Lipidomics is the study of the structure and function of the complete set of lipids (the lipidome) produced in a given cell or organism as well as their interactions with other lipids, proteins and metabolites.
• Proteomics is the large-scale study of proteomes. A proteome is a set of proteins produced in an organism, system, or biological context.
• Splanchnology is the study of the visceral organs, i.e. digestive, urinary, reproductive and respiratory systems.
• Ethology is the scientific study of animal behavior—including animal communication, predation, defense, aggression, mating, imprinting, fixed action patterns and releasers, and migration—most often in their natural conditions.

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• A brute-force attack gets its name from the “brutish” or simple methodology employed by the attack. The attacker simply tries to guess the login credentials of someone with access to the target system.
• Structured Query Language (SQL) injection is a common method of taking advantage of websites that depend on databases to serve their users.
• With XSS, or cross-site scripting, the attacker transmits malicious scripts using clickable content that gets sent to the target’s browser. When the victim clicks on the content, the script is executed.
• Watering hole is a computer attack strategy in which an attacker guesses or observes which websites an organization often uses and infects one or more of them with