Hackers & Cyber Attacks

What is the term used for manipulating a person into divulging confidential information or configuring a computer system to permit entry by attackers?

• Trojan horse

• SQL injection

• Buffer overflow

• Phishing

What type of hackers are hired by companies and governments to perform security evaluations?

• Cybercriminals

• Black Hats

• White Hats

• Hacktivists

What is the most common type of attack that involves sending an email asking the recipient to login to a fake website?

• Phishing

• Code injection

• Pretexting

• Buffer overflow

What is the term for a program that masquerades as harmless attachments but actually contains malicious software?

• Trojan horse

• Buffer overflow

• Phishing

• SQL injection

What is the term for trying every combination of password until gaining entry?

• Brute force

• SQL injection

• Code injection

• Buffer overflow

What is the term for a bug in a system that is successfully utilized by an attacker to gain capabilities or access?

• Exploit

• Phishing

• Trojan horse

• Buffer overflow

What is the term for a type of attack that involves overwriting adjacent data in memory by entering a password longer than the specified buffer size?

• Brute force

• SQL injection

• Buffer overflow

• Code injection

What is the term for a type of attack that involves sending in a malicious input with embedded commands to manipulate a server's database?

• SQL injection

• Buffer overflow

• Exploit

• Phishing

What is the term for a vulnerability in software that is unknown to the software creators and exploited by Black Hat Hackers?

• SQL injection

• Buffer overflow

• Zero day vulnerability

• Code injection

What is the term for a group of computers that are used together to launch Distributed Denial of Service attacks?

• Buffer overflow

• Botnet

• Phishing

• Exploit