Shell Cyber Threats Quiz

What is the word for cyber attacks which use people as a weak point?

What is a DDoS?

• Many computers being infected with malware

• Many computers stealing data from another computer

• Many computers overwhelming a server

• Systematically trying every password until you get the right one

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Malware

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(b) Social engineering

• Trojan

• Shouldering

• Virus

• Ransomeware

• Phishing

• Blagging

Phishing is a type of cybercrime where attackers try to trick you into giving away ​ (a)   , like passwords or credit card numbers, by pretending to be a ​ (b)   source. They often use ​ (c)   emails, messages, or websites that look real to lure you into clicking ​ (d)   or providing sensitive information.

• personal information
• money
• trustworthy
• fake
• invisible
• links
• attachments

Match the following

• Works out a password

• DDoS

• Stops viruses entering a network

• Brute force

• Gets personal information

• Firewall

• Disrupts a service

• Name generator attack

• Shows adverts

• Adware

A ​ (a)   acts as a barrier between your computer network and threats from the internet, monitoring incoming and outgoing ​ (b)   to block unauthorised access. It can help defend against Distributed Denial of Service (​ (c)   ) attacks by filtering out ​ (d)   requests from malicious sources, and it can prevent ​ (e)   by blocking harmful data packets that attempt to enter the system

• firewall
• traffic
• DDoS
• excessive
• viruses
• unknown
• server

What is information without context, and therefore without meaning?

What is data with context and therefore with meaning?

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Protects computer systems

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(b) Threatens computer systems

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(c) Neither

• Ethernet cables

• Trojan

• Key logger

• Firewall

• User authentication

• Anti-malware software

• Ransomware

• User permissions

• Social engineering

Automatic ​ (a)   are useful because they help keep your devices secure and​ (b)   without you having to do anything. When your system or software gets an auto-update, it installs the latest security patches, fixes ​ (c)   , and improves performance. This is important because hackers are constantly finding new ways to attack computers, and updates help close any security holes before they can be ​ (d)   .

• up to date
• bugs
• exploited
• updates
• restructured
• handshakes