Types of Cyberthreat

Malware is the term used to refer to a variety of hostile or intrusive software

• True

• False

Malware is the term used to describe mail that is phishing for personal data.

• True

• False

Select ALL the malware

• Worm

• Trojan Horse

• WAN

• Virus

•may open a “back door” into your computer system through which your personal information can be harvested.

•It can also use your computer power and network bandwidth to send thousands of spam emails to others.

• Virus

• Trojan Horse

• WAN

• Worm

Which cannot self replicate?

• Virus

• Trojan Horse

• Worm

Spyware is software that gathers information about a person or organisation without their knowledge?

• True

• False

Which is NOT illegal

• Virus

• DDos

• Trojan Horse

• Adware

attack is an attempt to make an online service unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic from multiple sources.

• DDos

• Virus

• Service Hacker

• Trojan Horse

How does a computer virus infect a pc?

• Email attachments
• Attached to files on memory sticks
• Suspicious web links
• All of the above

What is adware?

• Causes adverts to appear
• Deletes files