Unit 2

Which two of the following steps of hacking are most likely to involve the use of social engineering? (pick 2)

• Recon / footprinting Gaining Access
• Scanning / Probing
• Escalating Privileges
• Exploiting
• Covering Tracks

What is the goal of social engineering?

• To get an authorized user to give information to an unauthorized person
• To make people behave better
• To help people make more friends
• To have an unauthorized user to determine a user's password using brute force

What is the main method used in social engineering?

• Deception
• Brute Force
• Complex Algorithms
• Ransom attacks

Which is NOT a reason that Social Engineering is so successful?

• Humans are good at problem solving
• Humans want to avoid confrontation
• Humans make sloppy mistakes
• Humans want to be helpful

Which of the following Social Engineering techniques are best protected against by use of a security guard or turnstile?

• Piggybacking
• Shoulder Surfing
• Dumpster Diving
• Baiting

This is considered the single biggest threat in the digital world and was used in 67% of cyber attacks last year?

• Phishing
• Shoulder Surfing
• Piggybacking
• Dumpster Diving

Which of the following is NOT an indication that the email might be a phishing email?

• Email was sent in the middle of the night
• URL doesn't match the text
• Misspellings
• Sender and email address don't match

Which of the following is a phishing attack that targets a specific individual or organization?

• Spear-phishing
• Vishing
• Smishing
• Wishing

In order for data to be considered OSINT, it must satisfy which of the two conditions below? (Pick two)

• Free Public
• Recent
• Accurate

Which of the following would NOT be considered OSINT?

• Google Classroom
• Twitter
• YouTube
• Google Maps