2.3 Motivation of attackers

Which are the motivation behind a hacktivist?

• Financial gain

• Fraud

• Righting perceived wrongs

• Score settling

What would cause an insider to carry out an attack?

• Disgruntled

• Personal issues (debt, gambling) etc

• Bored of their job

• to financially gain

What would be the motivation behind a cyber terrorist?

• Financial gain

• Political gain

• instill fear

• Espionage

Identify the motivation behind a scammer

• Espionage

• Fraud

• Personal Gain

• Financial gain

What is a Vulnerability broker? 1 statement answer only...

• Someone who finds flaws/bugs in software

• Someone who sells information on to hackers

• Someone who is aware of vulnerabilities

• Someone who finds flaws/bugs in software and sells this information on to hackers, researchers etc.

What will be the motivation behind a 14 year old hacking a large companies network?

• Personal gain

• Financial Gain

• Thrill

• Espionage

True or False. A hacktivist could hack with the motivation of bringing public good.

• True

• False

True or False. A white hat hacker is motivated to hack for financial gain.

• True

• False

What does espionage mean?

• To seek thrill

• to put right the wrongs

• to publicise

• to spy

Who is this statement referring to? I am someone who will call to ask you to update your security details to protect you from suspicious activity

• Scammer

• Social Engineering

• Phishers (Phishing Scam)