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WorksheetsCybersecurity
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is a computer hacker?
A virus that invades your computer and causes it to not work
A person who sends lots of e-mails to people asking for money
A person who uses a computer to illegally breaks into your computer and take your information
A person who cuts or hacks at something
What is cybersecurity?
the state of being protected against the criminal or unauthorized use of electronic data,
Security against breaking into your house
Top secret Government security
What is Phishing?
Phish is a made up word
Fishing for pirahnas and perch
the fraudulent practice of sending emails that seem to be to be from reputable companies in order to convince individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.
The practice of breaking into a persons computer to steal their data by using a virus
What is Social Engineering?
manipulation of people on the Internet into giving away confidential information.
Mining for peoples lost jewelry
A type of engineering where you build houses for groups of people
What is a password?
When you pass a word around until someone gets the meaning right
a secret word or phrase that must be used to gain admission to your online account
A type of vocabulary football
What is computer malware?
A malicious attack using the mail
software that is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system.
Computer software that is made to track your movements
What is a cyber attack?
an attempt by hackers to damage or destroy a computer network or system.
when someone shoots your computer
an attack on cybers
when someone robs an atm machine
What is ransomware?
A type of threat that holds onto your computer until you pay your fines
When someone tells you what you have to wear
a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid.
What is a computer virus?
When a hacker breaks into your computer system
A sickness that your computer can pas on to you
When your computer is infected with the flu
a piece of code which is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data.
What is encryption?
A person who tricks you into giving your password
converting information or data into a code to prevent unauthorized access.
To upload your personal data to the cloud
When there is a security breach in your data
Emailing to acquire sensitive information (passwords) by pretending to be a trustworthy entity.
Phishing
Zero-Day Exploit
DDOS
Backdoor
Botnet
Tricking people into breaking normal security rules and procedures and/or divulging personal information.
Zero-Day Exploit
Botnet
Social Engineering
Backdoor
Phishing
A malicious file that can attach to other files and replicate when the user shares the file.
Virus
Worm
Trojan
DDOS
A hacker who violates computer security for personal gain.
Certified Ethical Hacker
Cybercriminal
Nation-State Hacker
Hactivist
A strong password shouldn't contain :
Capital and small letters
Common marks /? ().......
Numbers
personal data
True or False: You should not click links that are attached to emails without checking them first.
True
False
Which of these is an example of a strong password?
Mr.Hillegonds
dugitalyrunninglolwhynot
Pa55word
pleasedonthack
anna99
