What is a common purpose of attacks that cause disruption to an organization's service?

For personal, political, or social reasons

To increase data storage capacity

What type of data is often targeted in data/information theft attacks?

Customer, personal, or financial data

How can stolen data be used by attackers?

For identity and bank fraud purposes

Why is it important to understand the impact of a security breach?

To increase the number of breaches

What is one impact of a security breach on productivity?

It prevents a business from performing its daily operations.

It increases employee efficiency.

It enhances customer satisfaction.

What legal obligation do organizations have regarding data security?

To ensure data is secure and not misused.

To ensure data is shared freely.

To ignore data protection laws.

What is social engineering primarily based on?

Human psychology and social techniques

Social engineering can be conducted through which of the following methods?

Face-to-face, by letter, or over the phone

What is the goal of a phishing attack?

To obtain sensitive information or infect with a virus

What is shoulder surfing?

Observing someone in a physical location to obtain information

Surfing the internet for information

Watching TV over someone's shoulder

Listening to someone's phone call

What is a virus in the context of computer systems?

A malicious program that harms a computer system

A program that enhances computer performance

A tool for software development

How do viruses typically spread from one computer to another?

By attaching to a legitimate piece of software or file

Through direct physical contact

By being downloaded from a secure website

Through manual installation by the user

What is a key difference between a virus and a worm?

Worms do not need to attach to programs/files to spread

Worms require user interaction to spread

Viruses spread only through the internet

How do worms spread once they are on a system?

By copying themselves and spreading via an internet/network connection

By being manually transferred by the user

By being downloaded from a secure website

What is a Trojan in the context of malware?

Malicious code disguised as legitimate software

A type of virus that replicates itself

A program that speeds up your computer

Software that protects against viruses

What is the primary function of spyware?

To gain access to a system and monitor user actions

To protect user data from theft

To delete files from a computer

What can a Trojan do once installed on a user's computer?

Install keyloggers, add to a botnet, or delete data

Speed up the computer's processing speed

Protect the computer from other malware

How is the information collected by spyware commonly used?

For further attacks or identity/bank fraud

Malicious software that encrypts files and demands a fee to unlock them

Software that protects your computer from viruses

Software that speeds up your computer

A group of connected computers used to carry out repetitive tasks, often maliciously

A single computer used for gaming

A network of computers used for legitimate business purposes

A type of software that cleans your computer

What can happen if your computer is added to a botnet?

It can be used as part of a network to carry out attacks

It will become immune to viruses

It will automatically update its software

A type of malware that hides on your computer and allows remote access.

A software that protects your computer from viruses.

A tool used to speed up your computer's performance.

A program that helps in data recovery.

What can a malicious user do with a rootkit?

Change security settings and install malware.

Improve the computer's processing speed.

Enhance the graphics of a computer game.

Increase the storage capacity of a hard drive.

What is unauthorized access or hacking?

Gaining access to a system without permission

Gaining access to a system with permission

Using a system for its intended purpose

What is a brute force attack?

Looping through a dictionary of known passwords

Using social engineering to gain access

Physically breaking into a system

How is a brute force attack usually performed?

By using programs that try various passwords automatically

By asking the system administrator for access

By using a single password repeatedly

What is a denial-of-service attack?

A hacker floods a server with thousands of fake requests.

A server is upgraded to handle more requests.

A user requests a service from a server.

A server is protected by a firewall.

What happens to a server during a denial-of-service attack?

It slows down due to the number of requests.

It speeds up to handle requests faster.

It ignores all incoming requests.

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