Security

What is a broad term used for many attacks on computer systems?

• Adware
• Malware
• Ransomeware
• Spyware

What is a rogue application that appears to do something useful but also does something malicious?

• Spyware
• Trojan Horse
• Virus
• Malware

What is a form of social engineering in which you simply ask someone for a piece of information you are missing by making it look as if it is a legitimate request?

• Phishing
• Whaling
• Vishing
• Pharming

What is an Internet messaging attack that is propagated through IM instead of e-mail?

• Spam
• Whaling
• Spim
• Phising

What is a human based attack where the goal is to extract personal, financial, or confidential information from the victim using services such as the telephone system and internet based voice messaging services?

• Phishing
• Vishing
• Whaling
• Pharming

What is a human based or software-based attack where the goal is to  pretend to be someone else for the purpose of identity concealment?

• Spim
• Spam
• Spoofing
• Pharming

refers to an individual who breaks encryption codes, defeats software copy protections, or specializes in breaking into systems

• Hacker
• Cracker
• Black Hat
• White Hat

What term refers to someone who discovers and exposes security flaws in applications and operating systems so that manufacturers can fix them before they become widespread problems?

• Cracker
• Hacker
• Black Hat
• White Hat

What is a piece of code that sits dormant on a target computer until it is triggered by  a specific event, such as a specific date?

• I love you virus
• Logic Bomb
• Password Attack
• Rootkit

What is a code that is intended to take full or partial control of a system at the lowest level?

• Logic Bomb
• Black Hat
• Rootkit
• Spoofing