CyberSec Prep

An accountant receives a phone call from an unfamiliar individual requesting project-related information. The caller appears convincing and credible. What type of threat should the accountant be cautious about?

• Social engineering

• Coercion
  

• Typosquatting
  

• Brand impersonation

A local business's website was hacked, and customers' payment information was stolen when they placed orders on the real website. What type of attack is this?

• Consensus technique

• Watering hole attack

• Typosquatting

• Coercion

A recently terminated employee copied sensitive information from the company’s shared drive right before permanently leaving. This employee is what kind of threat to the company?

• External
  

• Nation-state

• Hacktivist

• Internal

An assistant got an email saying the project would fail if they didn’t quickly share some information. What trick should they watch out for?

• Urgency
  

• Typosquatting
  

• Impersonation
  

• Pretending to be a trusted company

A security engineer discovered that an active employee copied sensitive information from the company’s shared drive and sold it online. What kind of actor describes this employee?

• Insider threat

• Nation-state
  

• Hacktivist
  

• Advanced persistent threat

A contractor found out that a client accidentally visited a fake website with a URL similar to their real one. What type of attack is it ?

• Phishing
  

• Impersonation

• Watering hole attack

• Typosquatting

What is the process used to encrypt and decrypt a message?

• Cryptanalysis
  

• Plaintext
  

• Ciphertext

• Algorithm

A small business wants a secure way to exchange keys that ensures future security. Which method should they use?

• Hash

• Diffie-Hellman

• AES

• Salt

Which cryptographic solution serves as a countermeasure that mitigates the impact of hash table attacks by adding a random value to each plaintext input?

• Trusted Platform Module

• Salt

• Internet Protocol Security

• Plaintext

Which type of encryption uses the same key for both encryption and decryption, and is typically faster but requires secure key sharing?

• Asymmetric Encryption
  

• Hashing

• Symmetric Encryption

• Shared Key Hashing