Cybersecurity 1 - Quiz

A hacker gains unauthorized access to a company's database and steals sensitive customer information. Sample: What type of hacker is involved in this scenario?

• Black hat Hacker

• White Hat Hacker

• Gray Hat Hacker

• Blue Hat Hacker

• Green Hat Hacker 

An individual discovers a vulnerability in a popular software and reports it to the company to help them improve their security. Sample: Identify the hat color associated with this ethical hacker

• White Hat Hacker

• Black hat Hacker

• Gray Hat Hacker

• Blue Hat Hacker

• Green Hat Hacker

__________ hackers are individuals who are often invited by software vendors to test and evaluate the security of their products before they are released to the public.

• Black hat Hacker

• White Hat Hacker

• Green Hat Hacker

• Blue Hat Hacker

A __________ hacker is a novice or less skilled individual who uses pre-written tools and scripts to conduct hacking activities without deep technical understanding.

• Blue Hat Hacker

• White Hat Hacker

• Green Hat Hacker

• Black Hat Hacker

A hacker uses social engineering techniques to trick individuals into revealing their passwords. Sample: Classify the hat color associated with this manipulative form of hacking.

• Black Hat Hacker

• Blue Hat Hacker

• Green Hat Hacker

• White Hat Hacker

__________ hackers are cybersecurity professionals who use their skills to identify and fix security vulnerabilities in systems, applications, or networks.

• Blue Hat Hacker

• White Hat Hacker

• Black Hat Hacker

• Green Hat Hacker

The term "__________" refers to a hacker who falls in between the ethical spectrum, sometimes conducting activities without explicit authorization but not necessarily with malicious intent.

• Blue Hat Hacker

• Gray Hat Hacker

• BLack Hat Hacker

• Green Hat Hacker

The financial institution discovers that mobile devices of its employees are being targeted with deceptive text messages attempting to extract sensitive information. This is characteristic of:

• Smishing

• Cryptojacking

• Vishing

• Adware

Malicious actors use fraudulent emails to trick employees into transferring funds by impersonating the CEO of the financial institution. This is an example of:

• Pharming

• Phishing

• CEO Fraud

• Whaling

The organization experiences a sudden surge in traffic to its website, causing it to become inaccessible to legitimate users. This is indicative of a:

• Whaling

• Botnets and zombies

• Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack

• Denial-of-service (DoS) attack