Cybersecurity Fundamentals

The presence of a weakness in a system, program, or network is referred to as a:

• vulnerability

• exploit

• adware

• malware

Which of the following statements is true about the trojans?

• Trojans spread throughout the network without user intervention

• Trojans conceal themselves by convincing users that it is a legitimate file.

• Trojans encrypt user files and documents and demand payment to decrypt them.

• Trojans display ads on web browser screens.

Which is NOT an example of a Social Engineering threat:

• Spear Phishing

• Vishing

• Whaling

• Denial of Service (DoS)

What are the typical attributes of a spear phishing attack? (Choose two)

• Focused & personalized

• Uses email spoofing techniques

• Large number of recipients (Mass spam)

• Smaller number of recipients

Which Phishing technique relies of phone audio interactions to conduct further social engineering?

• Vishing

• Smishing

• Whaling

• Spear Phishing

What are some ways to identify potential phishing emails: (Select all that apply)

• Spelling & grammar mistakes

• Suspicious links or attachments

• Threatening language with demands

• Unexpected request for personal information

Which type of cyber attack attempts to intercept data between sender(s) & recipients(s)?

• Denial of Service

• Man in the Middle

• Ransomware

• Brute Force

Which type of cyber attack is an attack on availability?

• Phishing

• Man in the Middle

• Brute Force

• Denial of Service (DoS)

Which type of cyber attack (if successful) most likely results in account compromise?

• Phishing

• Denial of Service (DoS)

• Brute Force

• Botnet

What steps are part of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (Select all that apply):

• Identify

• Detect

• Remediate

• Protect