Cybersecurity Quiz

What is the term for untargeted, mass emails sent to many people, asking for sensitive information or encouraging them to visit a fake website?

• Pharming

• Phishing

• Whaling

• Smishing

Which term describes when a user is redirected from a genuine website to a fake one because of malware on their device?

• Spyware

• Ransomware

• Pharming

• Blagging

What is the term for programs that can self-replicate and are designed to infect software programs or systems?

• Viruses

• Malware

• Spyware

• Ransomware

Which term refers to using online advertising as a delivery method for malware?

• Smishing

• Malvertising

• Whaling

• Blagging

What type of malware infects a PC or device and gathers information about the user, including online activity and passwords?

• Ransomware

• Spyware

• Malware

• Pharming

What is the term for looking at someone’s information over their shoulder, for example whilst they are entering a pin?

• Blagging

• Shouldering

• Whaling

• Smishing

Which type of malicious software makes data or systems unusable until the victim makes a payment?

• Spyware

• Ransomware

• Viruses

• Malvertising

What is the term for malicious software that includes viruses or any code that could have a negative impact on organizations or individuals?

• Malware

• Pharming

• Whaling

• Smishing

Which term describes when someone makes up a story to gain a person’s interest and engage them in communication, often via email?

• Whaling

• Blagging

• Phishing

• Malvertising

What is a more targeted form of phishing, where the email is designed to look like it’s from a person the recipient knows and/or trusts?

• Smishing

• Whaling

• Pharming

• Shouldering