Phishing Quiz

Which of the following steps of hacking are most likely to involve the use of social engineering?

• Scanning / Probing
• Escalating Privileges

• Exploiting
• Recon / footprinting

• Installing Back Door

What is the goal of social engineering?

• To make people behave better
• To help people make more friends
• To have an unauthorized user to determine a user's password using brute force
• To get an authorized user to give information to an unauthorized person

What is the main method used in social engineering?

• Brute Force
• Complex Algorithms
• Ransom attacks
• Deception

Which is NOT a reason that Social Engineering is so successful?

• Humans want to avoid confrontation
• Humans make sloppy mistakes
• Humans want to be helpful
• Humans are good at problem solving

Which of the following Social Engineering techniques are best protected against by use of a security guard or turnstile?

• Shoulder Surfing
• Dumpster Diving
• Baiting
• Piggybacking

This is considered the single biggest threat in the digital world and was used in 67% of cyber attacks last year?

• Shoulder Surfing
• Piggybacking
• Dumpster Diving
• Phishing

Which of the following is NOT an indication that the email might be a phishing email?

• URL doesn't match the text
• Misspellings
• Sender and email address don't match
• Email was sent in the middle of the night

Which of the following is a phishing attack that targets a specific individual or organization?

• Vishing
• Smishing
• Wishing
• Spear-phishing

Which of the following would NOT be considered OSINT?

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Google Maps
• Google Classroom

Which of the following is NOT part of the steps in mitigating human risk when pertaining to cybersecurity?

• Developing Policies
• User Training
• Developing Procedures
• Faster Computers