What is the primary goal of cybersecurity?

What is identity theft in the context of cybersecurity?

What term refers to activities aimed at stealing or damaging data and disrupting digital life?

Are often found in image files, audio files, or games. It does not self-replicate but carries out malicious operations by hiding its purpose.

It uses ‘scare’ tactics to take a specific action. Usually consists of fake windows that pop up to warn the user that the system is at risk and needs to run a specific program.

The attacker will try using techniques to gain the employee's trust and try to access confidential data. This is called ______________

In this attack, attackers use popular search terms and use SEO to push malicious sites to higher up the ranks of search results.

A (/An) ______________  cyberattack tries to send a huge amount of network traffic to the host until it stops working.

The attack intercepts or modifies communications between two devices.

A group of bots in hundreds of thousands of bots(a computer is typically infected by visiting an unsafe website or opening an infected email attachment or media file)

The hacker will instruct the handler systems to make the botnet of zombies carry out the attack

This attack has a table is a large dictionary of passwords and their numerical values.

Which password from below is the most difficult for a brute-force cyberattack to find?

Hackers try every possible combination of letters, numbers, and symbols until they get it right.

Cybersecurity threats are malicious activities by an individual or organization to __________ or _________ the data.

This malware comes from downloading software from an unreliable source. It captures all the personal data like passwords or bank details

Designed to deliver advertisements to a user on a web browser automatically. It causes pop-up ads on the screen and is sometimes difficult to close. It is common for adware to come with spyware.

Malware that holds a computer system captive until payment is made to the attacker

Malicious code attached to genuine programs and usually spreads by USB drives, emails or network shares

Access to a password-protected account, by trying every word in a dictionary or a list of commonly used words.

Any software that is written to harm or cause issues to a computer system is known as ____________.

A (/An) ___________  malware replicates itself and spreads from one computer to another through the network.

The ___________ malware delivers advertisements to a user on a web browser automatically.

Cybercriminals often use social engineering tactics to manipulate individuals into revealing confidential information.

What is the primary function of encryption in cybersecurity?

What term refers to activities aimed at stealing or damaging data and disrupting digital life?

Are often found in image files, audio files, or games. It does not self-replicate but carries out malicious operations by hiding its purpose.

It uses ‘scare’ tactics to prompt a specific action. It usually consists of fake windows that pop up to warn the user that the system is at risk and needs to run a specific program.

The attacker will try using techniques to gain the employee's trust and try to access confidential data. This is called ______________

The hacker will instruct the handler systems to make the botnet of zombies carry out the attack.

This attack has a table that is a large dictionary of passwords and their numerical values.

Hackers try every possible combination of letters, numbers, and symbols until they get it right.

An exchange where one gives up one thing to get something else that one also wants.

Malware that holds a computer system captive until payment is made to the attacker