Quiz on Cyber Lab

What is a network?

• Interconnected computers or devices

• A super computer

• A computer vulnerability

• An Internet service provider

Why are cyber vulnerabilities unlikely to ever go away?

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

• Criminals need them to steal identities.

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

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

Which of these groups exploits cyber vulnerabilities?

• Criminals

• Governments

• Hacktivists

• All of these

Why do hackers hack?

• To make discoveries

• To protect information

• To steal information and money

• To expose corruption

Which of these is not a hack?

• Using a bicycle to power a computer

• Stealing an unlocked bicycle

• Building a working bicycle out of discarded umbrellas

• Creating a kinetic bicycle sculpture

Which of these is regularly used for secure online communication?

• Caesar cipher

• Public-key cryptography

• Morse code

• Enigma code

How can you tell if a website encrypts its traffic?

• Google it.

• Look for the 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

• Apps

• Browser history

• None of these

A type of malware hold files hostage and send digital notes demanding payment for the data’s safe return.

• Ransomware

• Cryptolocker

• Wiper malware

• Spyware

This is a very powerful piece of ransomware that secretly scrambles all of the computer’s files using very strong encryption. Once the files are encrypted, a message pops up on the screen demanding a ransom of about $300 to be paid within three days in return for a secret key to unscramble the files.

• Ransomware

• Cryptolocker

• Wiper malware

• Spyware