WorksheetsCybercrime
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following is an example of a “phishing” attack?
Sending someone an email that contains a malicious link that is disguised to look like an email from someone the person knows
Creating a fake website that looks nearly identical to a real website in order to trick users into entering their login information
Sending someone a text message that contains a malicious link that is disguised to look like a notification that the person has won a contest
All of them
A group of computers that is networked together and used by hackers to steal information is called a
Botnet
Rootkit
DDoS
Not sure
Criminals access someone’s computer and encrypt the user’s personal files and data. The user is unable to access this data unless they pay the criminals to decrypt the files. This practice is called
Botnet
Ransomware
Spam
None of the above
Hackers overwhelm a website with too many requests in order to make it crash.
Phishing
Web based attacks
Malware
DDos
Software or firmware intended to perform an unauthorised process that will have an adverse impact on the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of a system.
Threats against data
Malware
Web Application attacks
DDoS
Stealing someone's personal information to commit fraud such as applying for credit, get medical services or commit other crimes.
Data breach
Identity theft
Spam
Information leakage
Unsolicited or unwanted email that includes nearly identical messages and is sent in bulk to millions of recipients and sometimes hide malware
Phishing
DDoS
Spam
Virus
An attack that exposes confidential, sensitive, or protected information to an unauthorized person, resulting in a breach of confidentiality, availability or integrity.
Infromation leakage
Data breach
Hacking
Physical manipulation, damage, theft or loss
A security risk that originates within the targeted organization, causing harm to the organization's mission, resources, personnel, facilities, information, equipment, networks, or systems.
Information leakage
Zero day attack
Insider threat
Man-in-the-middle attack
Taking advantage of a software security flaw to perform a cyberattack. And that security flaw is only known to hackers, meaning software developers have no clue to its existence.
Trojan malware
Insider Hacker
Zero day attack
HoneyBOT
