Chapter 2. 08/31/2023

As the complexity of a network increases, the possibility of security breaches decreases.

• True
• False

Discovery of a vulnerability in a software program can potentially be sold to the government.

• True
• False

Even legitimate organizations sometimes use worms, unsolicited email messages sent to large numbers of people, to promote their products.

• True
• False

When you receive a text message that there is a problem with your bank account and you are required you to click on a link to submit some information, you are likely facing a vishing attack

• True
• False

Someone who violates computer or Internet security maliciously or for illegal personal gain is known as a(n) _______.

• lone wolf attacker
• industrial spy
• hacktivist
• cyberterrorist

Your business has a web server that has suddenly become unresponsive. When you study the server's logs there are a huge number of requests from what appear to be legitimate computers. The problem is likely because of _____.

• a CAPTCHA issue
• a distributed denial-of-service attack
• too many Spam emails
• a logic bomb

In a denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, the perpetrator ____.

• instructs the zombie computers to send simple access requests to target computers
• sends out a huge number of spam emails to everyone in your contacts list
• changes the configuration information of the infected computers
• refuses to accept any email from any sender