Cybersecurity Essentials

Which statement best describes a motivation of hacktivists?

• They are trying to show off their hacking skills.

• • They are interested in discovering new exploits.

• • They are curious and learning hacking skills.

• They are part of a protest group behind a political cause.

Which type of cybercriminal is the most likely to create malware to compromise an organization by stealing credit card information?

• white hat hackers

• black hat hackers

• gray hat hackers

• script kiddies

An organization allows employees to work from home two days a week. Which technology should be implemented to ensure data confidentiality as data is transmitted?

• SHS

• Vlans

• RAID

• VPN

Which type of networks poses increasing challenges to cybersecurity specialists due to the growth of BYOD on campus?

• Wireless networks

• wired networks

• sneaker net

• virtual networks

A cybersecurity specialist is working with the IT staff to establish an effective information security plan. Which combination of security principles forms the foundation of a security plan?

• confidentiality, integrity, and availability

• • technologies, policies, and awareness

• • secrecy, identify, and nonrepudiation

• • encryption, authentication, and identification

Users report that the database on the main server cannot be accessed. A database administrator verifies the issue and notices that the database file is now encrypted. The organization receives a threatening email demanding payment for the decryption of the database file. What type of attack has the organization experienced?

• man in the middle attack

• ransomware

• Trojan horse

• DoS attack

Which statement describes a distributed denial of service attack?

• • An attacker sends an enormous quantity of data that a server cannot handle.

• An attacker builds a botnet comprised of zombies.

• • An attacker views network traffic to learn authentication credentials.

• • One computer accepts data packets based on the MAC address of another computer.

• One computer accepts data packets based on the MAC address of another computer.

• DoS

• man in the middle

• packet injection

• SQL injection

An executive manager went to an important meeting. The secretary in the office receives a call from a person claiming that the executive manager is about to give an important presentation but the presentation files are corrupted. The caller sternly recommends that the secretary email the presentation right away to a personal email address. The caller also states that the executive is holding the secretary responsible for the success of this presentation. Which type of social engineering tactic would describe this scenario?

• urgency

• intimidation

• familiarity

• trusted partners

What are the two most effective ways to defend against malware? (Choose two.)

• implement network firewalls

• Install and update antivirus software

• implement RAID

• update the operating system and other application software

• implement strong passwords