Malware and Social Engineering

Malware and Social Engineering

Multiple Choice

These are malicious software, or software designed to damage computers or computer networks, or to access information stored within a computer.

• Operating System

• Malware

• Apps

Multiple Select

Malwares are typically distributed through (select all correct answers)

• Drive-by download

• Unsolicited email

• Physical media

• Self propagation

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They attach themselves to clean files and infect other clean files. They can spread uncontrollably, damaging a system’s core functionality and deleting or corrupting files. They usually appear as an executable file (.exe).

• Virus

• Trojan

• Spyware

• Worms

Multiple Choice

This kind of malware disguises itself as legitimate software, or is hidden in legitimate software that has been tampered with. It tends to act discreetly and create backdoors in your security to let other malware in.

• Spyware

• Trojans

• Worms

• Ransomware

Multiple Choice

A type of malware that spreads copies of itself from computer to computer. It can replicate itself without any human interaction, and it does not need to attach itself to a software program in order to cause damage.

• Spyware

• Trojan

• Worm

• Ransomware

Multiple Choice

It hides in the background and takes notes on what you do online, including your passwords, credit card numbers, surfing habits, and more.

• Spyware

• Trojan

• Worm

• Ransomware

Multiple Choice

This kind of malware typically locks down your computer and your files, and threatens to erase everything unless you pay a ransom.

• Spyware

• Trojan

• Worm

• Ransomware

Multiple Choice

The science of using social interaction as a means to persuade an individual or an organization to comply with a specific request from an attacker where either the social interaction, the persuasion or the request involves a computer-related entity

• Social Media

• Social Engineering

• Phishing

• Smishing

Multiple Choice

The perpetrator typically sends an email to the target, seeking information that might help with a more significant crime.

• Phishing

• Vishing

• Smishing

Multiple Choice

Oftentimes, this form of phishing involves a text message in an SMS or a phone number.

• Phishing

• Vishing

• Smishing