Chapter 3 Cybersecurity

What are two of the tactics used by a social engineer to obtain personal information from an unsuspecting target? (Choose two.)

• intimidation

• Urgency

• compassion

• honesty

What is a vulnerability that allows criminals to inject scripts into web pages viewed by users?

• Cross-site scripting

• buffer overflow

• XML injection

• SQL injection

What is the term used when a malicious party sends a fraudulent email disguised as being from a legitimate, trusted source?

• social engineering

• phishing

• vishing

• Trojan

A criminal is using software to obtain information about the computer of a user. What is the name of this type of software?

• adware

• spyware

• virus

• phishing

What is the name for the type of software that generates revenue by generating annoying pop-ups?

• trackers

• pop-ups

• spyware

• adware

What are two ways to protect a computer from malware? (Choose two.)

• Defragment the hard disk.

• Use antivirus software.

• Keep software up to date.

• Empty the browser cache.

What does a rootkit modify?

• Notepad

• operating system

• programs

• Microsoft Word

An attacker is sitting in front of a store and wirelessly copies emails and contact lists from nearby unsuspecting user devices. What type of attack is this?

• bluejacking

• bluesnarfing

• smishing

• RF jamming

What are two common indicators of spam mail? (Choose two.)

• The email has no subject line.

• The email is from a friend.

• The email has misspelled words or punctuation errors or both.

• The email has keywords in it.

What is the difference between a virus and a worm?

• Worms self-replicate but viruses do not.

• Worms require a host file but viruses do not.

• Viruses self-replicate but worms do not.

• Viruses hide in legitimate programs but worms do not.