Exploring Cybersecurity Flashcard

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What is spoofing in the context of cybersecurity?

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Pretending to be someone else

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Which of the following is a red flag for phishing? Messages marked urgent, Emails from known contacts, Secure website links, Correctly spelled words

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Messages marked urgent

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What is the entry part of a cyberattack?

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How malware enters your device

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What is a payload in the context of malware?

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The action malware takes once it has access to your system

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What is a botnet?

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A collection of computers infected with malware or bots.

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What does ransomware do?

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Encrypts data and demands a ransom for the decryption key

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What is Malware?

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Software that may harm your computer.

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Special types of viruses that can travel from computer to computer without human action; self-replicating and can multiply until it uses up the computer's resources

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worms

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Programs that look useful, but cause damage to your computer

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trojans

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A malicious file that can attach to other files and replicate when the user shares the file.

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Virus