o4 L11 Quiz - External Threats

What is social engineering?

• A method of spreading viruses and malware through social media platforms
• A form of physical surveillance used to gather information about individuals
• A technique that uses human psychology and social techniques to manipulate individuals into handing over private information
• A type of hacking technique using advanced technical skills

Which of the following is an example of phishing?

• Flooding a server with excessive traffic to disrupt a service
• Observing someone's actions in a physical location to obtain information
• Modifying the domain name system table to redirect users to a fake website
• Sending an email containing a link or request to reveal personal information

What is shoulder surfing?

• Gaining access to a system without permission of the owner
• Observing an individual in a physical location to obtain information
• Inserting oneself into the middle of a communication to extract/insert data
• Encrypting local files and demanding a fee for decryption

What is a virus?

• A piece of malicious software that secretly encrypts local files
• A malicious program that harms the operation of a computer system and spreads from computer to computer
• A type of malware that remotely accesses and controls a computer

What is a trojan?

• A coordinated network of connected computers used to carry out attacks
• Malicious code disguised as a legitimate software that causes damage, such as installing keyloggers or deleting data
• Refers to a piece of malicious software that infects computer systems & will secretly encrypt local files.

What is ransomware?

• A form of malware that copies itself and spreads without attaching to programs/files
• A piece of malware that remotely accesses and controls a computer
• A coordinated network of connected computers used to carry out attacks
• Malicious software that infects computer systems and secretly encrypts local files, demanding a fee or other demand for unlocking and decrypting the data

What is spyware?

• A form of physical surveillance used to gather information about individuals
• Malware that gains access to a system and works in the background to monitor a user's actions for further attacks or identity/bank fraud
• A coordinated network of connected computers used to carry out attacks
• A technique that uses human psychology and social techniques to manipulate individuals into handing over private information

What is a denial of service (DoS) attack?

• Gaining access to a system without permission of the owner
• Modifying the domain name system table to redirect users to a fake website
• An attack that floods servers with traffic to overwhelm resources and make a system slow or unusable
• A technique that uses human psychology and social techniques to manipulate individuals into handing over private information

What is pharming?

• Misdirecting users to a fraudulent/fake website without their knowledge
• Observing an individual in a physical location to obtain information
• Gaining access to a system without permission of the owner
• Inserting oneself into the middle of a communication to extract/insert data

What is a man-in-the-middle attack?

• Misdirecting users to a fraudulent/fake website without their knowledge
• An attack where an individual with malicious intent inserts themselves into the middle of a communication between two parties to extract/insert data
• Gaining access to a system without permission of the owner
• A technique that uses human psychology and social techniques to manipulate individuals into handing over private information