DST07 Day 1 quiz

Which of the following are types of Malware (pick 3)

• Virus

• Packet sniffer

• Worm

• Ransomware

• Shareware

Which describes Phishing?

• A type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid

• A form of social engineering and scam where attackers deceive people into revealing sensitive information or installing malware

• A group of computers which have been infected by malware and have come under the control of a malicious actor

• A type of malware that spreads between computers and damages data and software.

Which describes Ransomware?

• A type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid

• A form of social engineering and scam where attackers deceive people into revealing sensitive information or installing malware

• A group of computers which have been infected by malware and have come under the control of a malicious actor

• A type of malware that spreads between computers and damages data and software.

What does DDOS stand for?

• Distributed Deactivation Of Service

• Distributed Deactivation of Systems

• Distributed Denial Of Service

• Distributed Denial Of Systems

Which describes a Virus?

• A type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid

• A form of social engineering and scam where attackers deceive people into revealing sensitive information or installing malware

• A group of computers which have been infected by malware and have come under the control of a malicious actor

• A type of malware that spreads between computers and damages data and software.

What does this describe?

"An application layer attack which operates by utilizing partial HTTP requests. The attack functions by opening connections to a targeted Web server and then keeping those connections open as long as it can"

• Slow Morris attack

• Slow Loris attack

• Slow Horris attack

• Slow Boris attack

• Slow Doris attack

Which describes a Botnet?

• A type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid

• A form of social engineering and scam where attackers deceive people into revealing sensitive information or installing malware

• A group of computers which have been infected by malware and have come under the control of a malicious actor

• A type of malware that spreads between computers and damages data and software.

When cracking passwords, what is it called when you simply try every possible combination?

• Brute Force attack

• Exhaustive attack

• Full-range attack

• Terminal attack

• Brans-Schuller attack

What does GDPR stand for?

• General Device Protection Regulation

• General Data Password Regulation

• General Device Password Regulation

• General Data Protection Regulation

• All 4 are used interchangeably

Which section of the Computer Misuse Act carries the potential of a sentence for causing or risk of causing 'Serious damage'

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 3A

• 3ZA