cybersecurity worksheet

click on this link to access the caesar wheel to decrypt https://www.101computing.net/cipher-wheel.html

You must solve this math problem to obtain the key 4x + 12 = 3x -2

decrypt this phrase once you've obtained the key

vf ndawg yk odmkaze

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A type of malicious software that threatens to publish the victim's information or block access to it unless a fee is paid is called ____.

• ransomware

• cryptoware

• spyware

• trojan

_____ is an umbrella term that describes all forms of malicious software designed to wreak havoc on a computer such as viruses, trojans, worms, and ransomware.

• malware

• spyware

• morphware

• mountware

A piece of malware included within another program that often allows a hacker to gain remote access to a computer is called a/an _____.

• trojan horse

• ransomware

• virus

• worm

A cipher where each letter represents a different letter is called a ________ cipher.

• substitution

• static

• polyalphabetic

• monolithic

One of the oldest and simplest forms of encrypting a message is a substitution cipher known as ________.

• Caesar

• Two-Square

• Beaufort

• Running Key

When creating a secret message, the use of a cipher to create that message is called ________.

• cryptography

• steganography

• cartography

• stenography

What encryption process uses the same key for encryption and decryption? _____

• symmetric

• transposition

• asymmetric

• block

Data encryption is the process of _____.

• translating data into secret codes to safeguard it

• unscrambling coded data into its original form

• destroying data that is no longer needed

• restricting data access to individuals with appropriate passwords

An anti-virus, anti-malware scanner operates by searching for _____.

• signatures of known threats

• trojans

• worms

• executables in external email