Cybersecurity

A strong password shouldn't contain :

• Capital and small letters

• Common marks /? ().......

• Numbers

• personal data

Which form is for Biometrics

• It is a known and registered physical attribute of a user specifically used for verifying their identity

• is used for accessing systems. It makes it more difficult for hackers to access accounts as they have long credentials

• It’s a security system that needs more than one method of authentication

• A one-time pin or password is used in processing online transactions through which they verify their identity

• This authentication needs two different signals from two different channels or networks. It prevents most of the attacks from hacking and identity thefts in online banking

The following practices can prevent phishing, one of them can't? What is it?

• Use firewalls on your networks and systems

• Maintain adequate security

• Build a denial of service response plan

• Use two-factor authentication wherever possible

Why are cyber vulnerabilities unlikely to ever go away?

• The government won't allow people to fix them.

• Criminals need them ti steal identities.

• They are side effects of the freedom and ease of communicating online.

• They're protected in a secret base on the moon.

Why do hackers hack?

• To make discoveries

• To protect information

• To steal information and money

• To expose corruption

• All of the above

Which of these is regularly used to secure online communication?

• Caesar cipher

• Public-key encryption

• Morse code

• Enigma code

How can you tell if a website encrypts its traffic?

• Google it

• Look for a lock symbol in a URL

• All websites encrypt their traffic

• Encrypted sites take longer to load

What can you trust to be secure 100 percent of the time?

• Text messages

• Emails

• Browser history

• Apps

• None of the above

How can you be sure that a website is genuine

• It will have a digital certificate

• The text on the website will be spelled correctly

• The website will have the real company logo on it

• You found the website using a search engine

Which of these is pharming?

• Having users directed to a fake website instead of a genuine website, to fool them

• Using software to watch what users do on their computer

• Sending a fake email that looks genuine, to fool users

• Buying collections of user profiles from hackers