Cybercrime

Which of the following is an example of a “phishing” attack?

• Sending someone an email that contains a malicious link that is disguised to look like an email from someone the person knows

• Creating a fake website that looks nearly identical to a real website in order to trick users into entering their login information

• Sending someone a text message that contains a malicious link that is disguised to look like a notification that the person has won a contest

• All of them

A group of computers that is networked together and used by hackers to steal information is called a

• Botnet

• Rootkit

• DDoS

• Not sure

Criminals access someone’s computer and encrypt the user’s personal files and data. The user is unable to access this data unless they pay the criminals to decrypt the files. This practice is called

• Botnet

• Ransomware

• Spam

• None of the above

Hackers overwhelm a website with too many requests in order to make it crash.

• Phishing

• Web based attacks

• Malware

• DDos

Software or firmware intended to perform an unauthorised process that will have an adverse impact on the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of a system.

• Threats against data

• Malware

• Web Application attacks

• DDoS

Stealing someone's personal information to commit fraud such as applying for credit, get medical services or commit other crimes.

• Data breach

• Identity theft

• Spam

• Information leakage

Unsolicited or unwanted email that includes nearly identical messages and is sent in bulk to millions of recipients and sometimes hide malware

• Phishing

• DDoS

• Spam

• Virus

An attack that exposes confidential, sensitive, or protected information to an unauthorized person, resulting in a breach of confidentiality, availability or integrity.

• Infromation leakage

• Data breach

• Hacking

• Physical manipulation, damage, theft or loss

A security risk that originates within the targeted organization, causing harm to the organization's mission, resources, personnel, facilities, information, equipment, networks, or systems.

• Information leakage

• Zero day attack

• Insider threat

• Man-in-the-middle attack

Taking advantage of a software security flaw to perform a cyberattack. And that security flaw is only known to hackers, meaning software developers have no clue to its existence.

• Trojan malware

• Insider Hacker

• Zero day attack

• HoneyBOT