Crash Course is a YouTube channel that students and educators use for educational purposes. this entity would likely value the confidentiality of its videos over availability.

Cyber systems are susceptible to attack from human adversaries

Cyber attacks can influence history, as they can result in deaths, thefts, or other losses that would not have occurred if the attack had been prevented

Minimizing vulnerabilities will decrease the likelihood of successful attacks

Natural disasters and phenomena fall within the category of computer threats

Which of the following best describes something related to cyber?

The Creeper was _____________.

Which area is impacted by cybersecurity?

Which term defines weaknesses or potential exploits in a computer system?

On December 24, 2014, the PlayStation Network and Xbox live were disrupted by a hacker group known as "Lizard Squad". The group overloaded the systems of both services by generating fake access requests thus triggering a denial-of-service error. this is an example of which of the following?

Anything that can exploit a vulnerability (wether intentionally or accidentally) that obtains, damages, or destroys an assets is which of the following?

In 2018, an employee at the Coca-Cola company downloaded sensitive data of around 8,000 co-workers on an external hard drive. The sensitivity of the data copied varied from employee to employee. This attack is an example of which of the following threats?

A hacker group known as "Turla" has been behind numerous global attacks against political targets for years. The group uses malware from the 'Gazer" family and phishing campaigns and is believed to be backed by the Russian government. Which of the following threat categories best describes Turla?

Groups that utilize malware such as ransomware and phishing to commit petty crimes for personal gain; these are the threats that internet users are most at risk to encountering online. Which of the following threat actor categories best fits the description?

In 2007, the Internet vigilante group known as "Anonymous" identified online predator Chris Forcand leading to his arrest by Canadian officials. The group has been behind numerous attacks on targets in the name of social justice. Which of the following threat categories best describes the Anonymous group based on this information?

in 2015, a 15-year-old hacker was arrested for an attack and subsequent data breach of a major telecom group in the UK. The amateur hacker used combined SQL injection and DDOS techniques to gain access to unencrypted data, which they held to ransom as an extortion attempt to receive payment. the hacker was arrested after a failure to hide their location from cybersecurity professionals. Which of the following threat categories best describes the individual responsible?

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of the Internet?

What are the three components of the CIA triad?

What are some things that threaten CIA?

The Trickbot malware was sent out in hundreds of COVID-19-related emails. Trickbot was designed to acquire a user's financial information. this is an attack on ____. Choose the best answer.

Faketoken is malware capable of hijacking a user's cell phone and sending out offensive text messages that appear to be form the user. This is an attack on _____.

Albert wants to send a message to Bernie, but he fears that Elaine may try to intercept the message. Albert should consider _______ the message.

In 2019, in order to avoid Black Friday website outages, many retailers opted to increase their cloud capacity. On which component of CIA are the retailers focusing?

The National State Bank has a limited budget to spend on cybersecurity. Which component of the CIA triad would likely be their main focus?

Passwords, one-time pins, and biometrics (such as fingerprint or eye scanner) are all methods of

Which of these disciplines is primarily focused on the protection of computer systems and information from theft, attack, and vulnerabilities

Which of these aspects of daily life rely on software and hardware?

Cybersecurity professionals protect against the people who seek to steal or do harm while sing computer systems. what are these people known as?

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of cybersecurity?

Which of these is NOT an example of a common computer vulnerability

How does the growing number of devices connected to the internet affect the likelihood that adversaries will be successful in their attacks?

Which term is defined as the measure of the potential damage a vulnerability could cause weighed against the likelihood of an adversary exploiting that vulnerability?

Which aspects should be considered when calculating risk?

When threats take action against vulnerabilities

Weaknesses in a computer system

People or things that can cause damage to a computer system in any form

The process of verifying the integrity of the information that has been transmitted using hashing or some other method to ensure the information is complete and unchanged.

The first step in any security process by which you verify that someone is who they claim to be

Control over the kind and amount of personal information that you share with others

The process of establishing if the authenticated user is permitted to have access to, and/or act on a resource; can be used interchangeably with access control.

Organized groups and individuals who use ransomware phishing, and social engineering to exploit Internet users' vulnerabilities; their main motivation is money (theft)

Hackers who are motivated by economic espionage to penetrate rival corporations' systems by using phishing and remote access trojans among other techniques.

Amateur hackers with little experience; use scripts and programs made by someone else

Highly skilled organized threats who seek to disrupt critical services, create panic or steal data in an attempt to cripple another nation

Usually employees who use social engineering and insider access to steal data or snoop around in files

Use denial of service attacks and website graffiti among other methods of attacks to disrupt, vandalize, or bring attention to a topic; their motivations are usually social/political in nature

Infects a computer or network to render it useless and displays a message that demands a fee to be paid in order to get the contents back

Viruses that pose as (or hide within) real software or files

Usually bundled with legitimate software; makes unwanted advertisements pop up on the user's screen

Gathers private user data from the computer and sends the information to the attacker

Lie dormant on a system and are only activated to perform their malicious action when certain conditions are met

utilizes psychological tricks and human error rather than technical hacking in order to gain the victim's trust and deceive them into giving the attacker access to sensitive information.