Module 2: Attacks, Concepts, and Techniques

_____ is any code that can be used to steal data, bypass access controls, or cause harm to or compromise a system.

_____ monitors your online activity and can log every key you press on your keyboard, as well as capture almost any of your data, including sensitive personal information such as your online banking details.

• Backdoor

• Worm

• Scareware

• Spyware

_____ designed to automatically deliver advertisements to a user, most often on a web browser.

• Scareware

• Adware

• Trojan Horse

• Virus

____ used to gain unauthorized access by bypassing the normal authentication procedures to access a system.

• Rootkit

• Ransomware

• Backdoor

• Trojan Horse

_____ mainly consists of operating system style windows that pop up to warn you that your system is at risk and needs to run a specific program for it to return to normal operation.

• Pretexting

• Ransomware

• Scareware

• Adware

____ takes advantage of software vulnerabilities to gain access to resources that normally shouldn’t be accessible (privilege escalation) and modify system files.

• Backdoor

• Virus

• Rootkits

• Worm

A computer infected by a ____ has to be wiped and any required software reinstalled.

• Spyware

• Backdoor

• Ransomware

• Rootkit

____ when executed, replicates and attaches itself to other executable files, such as a document, by inserting its own code.

• Trojan Horse

• Worms

• Virus

• Rootkit

______ require end-user interaction to initiate activation and can be written to act on a specific date or time.

_____ are designed to modify the operating system to create a backdoor, which attackers can then use to access your computer remotely.