Quiz #2 Mitigating Security Threats for Organizational Assets

An individual successfully breaks into SecureTech’s financial database to steal client records. This person is considered a:

• Cracker

• Black Hat Hacker

• Grey Hat Hacker

• White Hat Hacker

An unusual increase in network traffic at SecureTech needs investigation. Which tool is best suited for this task?

• Vulnerability Scanning Tools

• Firewall

• Protocol Analyzer

• Port Scanner

Attackers overwhelm a company’s servers with repeated requests, making them unavailable to legitimate users. This scenario best describes a:

• IP Spoofing

• Spam Flood

• DoS Attack

• Trojan Horse

A are false warnings or fake information spread online to trick people into believing something that isn’t true.

• Hoaxes

• Adware

• Phishing

• Social Engineering

A program that captures a user’s input without their knowledge and transmits it to a third party.

• Rootkit

• Keylogger

• Backdoor

• Spyware

Employees receive a message claiming to be from their company’s IT support, asking for login credentials.

• Spear Phising

• Pharming

• Phreaking

• Social Engineering

A hacker intercepts messages between a user and a server, altering the communication without detection.

• Replay Attack

• Hijacking

• Man-in-the-Middle-Attack

• Spoofing

A self-replicating program spreads across computers without user interaction.

• Worm

• Virus

• Trojan Horse

• Denial-of-Service (DoS)

A tool designed to filter, block, or allow network traffic based on rules and protocols is called

• Protocol Analyzer

• Vulnerability Scanning Tools

• Firewall

• Port Scanner

A cybercriminal tries every possible password combination until gaining access to a system.

• John the Ripper Attack

• Brute-Force Attack

• Dictionary Attack

• Birthday Attack