CYB120 Final Study Guide Chapter 9

Which of the following is formally defined as any criminal action perpetrated primarily through the use of a computer?

• Social networking

• Cybercrime

• Phishing

• Hacking

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the ​ (a)   .

• FBI and National White Collar Crime Center
• FBI and the IRS
• FBI and the CIA
• NRA and the U.S. Department of Defense

Government impersonation scams involve ________.

• people pretending to represent official organizations such as the Dept. of Homeland Security or IRS

• running auctions that do not exist

• convincing people to send money as a "good faith" gesture

• collecting funds and not delivering the goods

​ (a)   hackers break into systems legally for non-malicious reasons such as to test system security vulnerabilities.

• White-hat
• Black-hat
• Grey-hat
• Green-hat

A packet analyzer is a program that can enable a hacker to do all of the following EXCEPT _________​ .

• launch a denial of service (DoS) attack on your computer

• steal your logons and passwords for various accounts

• assume your identity

• use your debit card information to purchase items illegally

A ​ (a)   allows a hacker to gain access to your computer and take almost complete control of it without your knowledge.

• rootkit
• logic bomb
• zombie
• denial of service (DoS)

You can block logical ports from invaders and make your computer invisible to others on the Internet by installing ​ (a)   .

• a firewall
• a packet sniffer
• a packet filter
• antivirus software

​ (a)   floods a computer with requests until it shuts down and refuses to answer any requests for information.

• A DDoS attack
• A polymorphic virus
• A Trojan horse
• Pretexting

Creating and distributing ​ (a)   is one of the most widespread types of cybercrimes.

• computer viruses
• spam
• cookies
• zombies

All of the following activities may infect your computer with a virus EXCEPT ________.

• sharing flash drives

• downloading video files from peer-to-peer sites

• downloading or running an e-mail attachment file

• printing a document