COMPUTER ATTACKS

How many steps that criminals use to attack information system:

• 6 steps
• 5 steps
• 7 steps
• 10 steps

There are 6 steps that criminals use to attack information system:

• conduct reconnaissance,

  attempt social engineering,

  scan the target, research,

  execute target, cover tracks

• attempt social engineering, conduct reconnaissance, scan target, research, cover tracks, execute target

• conduct reconnaissance, scan the target, attempt social engineering, research, execute target, cover tracks

• attempt social engineering, conduct reconnaissance, scan target, research, cover tracks, execute target

Botnets are used to perform a which is designed to make a resource unavailable to its users.

• brute force attack

• dictionary attack

• zero-day attack

• denial of service attack

Botnet also known as .

What are the best defense against brute force attack ?

• adware

• patch

• keylogger

• monitoring system activity

Password cracking can used to help users recover forgotten password and to generate user ID.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is an example of trial-and error method in brute force attack?

• Guessing the password and user ID

• Using a dictionary of common passwords
• Using a random password generator

Putting an erroneous number on a caller id display to hide the caller’s identity is known as?

• IP address spoofing

• SMS spoofing

• Email spoofing

• caller ID spoofing

SMS spoofing can also called as phishing.

• TRUE

• FALSE

These people attack computers looking for valuable data or trying to harm the computer system. Which of the following was false?

• foreign government, terrorist group, competitors

• disaffected employees, industrial spies, competitor

• Competitor, investor, hacker