CompTIA Security + Quiz: Workbook

A virus needs a carrier in order to ______ itself.

A ______ is an app, willingly or unwillingly downloaded, that records your keystrokes

A backdoor is a mechanism in which someone gains access to a system without going through a normal _______ process.

_____ is voice phishing, usually done through a pre-recorded message that attempts to get someone to give up personal information.

A _______ attack is an attack done to where sites that users are known to visit are infected.

The basis of a DoS attack is to _____ a network so that its components cannot function properly.

In ___, the trust a user’s browser has in a website is exploited. In ____, the trust a website has in a user’s browser is exploited.

_______ is the act of changing a domain’s name registration without the permission of the actual domain registrant.

In _______, a user is tricked into clicking what looks to be a good link, but is, in fact, a malicious link.

In _______, an attacker gains a legitimate MAC address from a device and then assigns the MAC address to itself and convinces the network that the MAC address is still coming from the original device.