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WorksheetsCyber Security - Social Engineering
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 10mins
....... is the art of manipulating people so they give up confidential information.
Blagging
Social engineering
Pharming
Phishing
(a) is a technique of fraudulently obtaining private information, often using email or SMS.
The act of creating and using an invented scenario to engage a targeted victim in a manner that increases the chance the victim will divulge information or perform actions that would be unlikely in ordinary circumstances is (a)
(a) is observing a person's private information over their shoulder or using screen capture software
(a) is a cyber attack intended to redirect a website's traffic to another, fake site.
To protecting your personal data from cyber attacks you have to
Do not give out personal information over the phone, on the web or in an email unless completely sure of the recipient.
Keep your operating system, browser, anti-virus and other critical software up to date
Encrypt your data.
Never click on links in emails. Even if you do think the email is legitimate, go to the website and log on directly.
Set secure passwords and don’t share them with anyone.
To protecting your personal data from cyber attacks you have to
Set a simple password like, your name and your date of birth
Disable automatic updates
Never open email attachments unless you know it is from a reliable source and turn off the option to automatically download attachments in emails.
Never click on links in emails. Even if you do think the email is legitimate, go to the website and log on directly.
Set secure passwords and don’t share them with anyone.
To protect networks and computers from cyber attacks .....
If you use WiFi, update it regularly to the latest encryption standard.
Ask users to use CDs and SD cards to copy any data they want from the network
Encrypt the data
Secure the hardware. Physically locking computers to a desk
Install anti-malware and anti-virus protection.
To protect networks and computers from cyber attacks .....
If you use WiFi, update it regularly to the latest encryption standard.
Allow users to plug their removal media devices
Ensure that any HTTP open sessions time out after a reasonable time
Install a firewall
........ is a type of challenge-response test used in computing to determine whether or not the user is human.
CAPTCHA
Voice recognition
Finger print
.............., ................ , and ................. are examples of biometric measures
passwords
facial recognition
voice recognition
finger print
............... works by measuring how far apart, relative to one another, your eyes, jaw, nose and cheekbones are.
Finger print scanners
facial recognition
Email verification
............... use capacitance, in a similar way to the touch screen, to detect ridges along the skin. The patterns of your finger print actually make up a number of ridges and valleys
facial recognition
finger print scanners
Email confirmation
a combination of facial recognition, iris recognition and finger prints.
Encrypt data
is used to check that users are using their real email address in the registration process.
works by measuring how far apart, relative to one another, your eyes, jaw, nose and cheekbones are.
