WorksheetsThreat Hunting
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
What measures can be taken to minimize the attack surface for social engineering?
Use of password managers
Encryption of all communication and data
Work exclusively in a secure environment
Minimizing the communication of personal information
What is the biggest cyber security threat?
The human factor
Malware of any kind
Unencrypted communication
Theft of mobile devices
Miley, an analyst, wants to reduce the amount of collected data and make the storing and sharing process easy. She uses filtering, tagging, and queuing technique to sort out the relevant and structured data from the large amounts of unstructured data. Which of the following technique was employed by Miley?
Convenience sampling
Sandboxing
Data visualization
Normalization
An XYZ organization hired Mr. Andrews, a threat analyst. In order to identify the threats and mitigate the effect of such threats, Mr. Andrews was asked to perform threat modeling. During the process of threat modeling, he collected important information about the threat actor and characterized the analytic behavior of the adversary that includes technological details, goals, and motives that can be useful in building a strong countermeasure. What stage of the threat modeling is Mr. Andrews currently in
Threat profiling and attribution
System modeling
Threat ranking
Threat determination and identification
SecurityTech Inc. is developing a TI plan where it can drive more advantages in less funds. In the process of selecting a TI platform, it wants to incorporate a feature that ranks elements such as intelligence sources, threat actors, attacks, and digital assets of the organization, so that it can put in more funds toward the resources which are critical for the organization’s security. Which of the following key features should SecurityTech Inc. consider in their TI plan for selecting the TI platform?
Scoring
Search
Open
Workflow
Kim, an analyst, is looking for an intelligence-sharing platform to gather and share threat information from a variety of sources. He wants to use this information to develop security policies to enhance the overall security posture of his organization.Which of the following sharing platforms should be used by Kim?
Blueliv threat exchange network
OmniPeek
Cuckoo sandbox
PortDroid network analysis
Unauthorized access to control over computer network security systems
Security
Hacking
Surfing
Dancing
Which of the following is not effective in preventing malware infections?
Opening email attachments
Turning on Windows Automatic Updates
Installing anti-virus software
Setting Internet Explorer's security setting to medium-high
The _____ type of malware collects personal information and sends it to a third party.
Worm
Toolbar
Homepage hijacker
Spyware
Which of the following may result in a malware infection?
Opening an email attachment
Downloading a file from a website
Clicking on an infected link
All of the above
If you receive an attachment from someone you don't know, you should never open it.
True
False
Which of these are types of malware?
viruses
spyware
trojan
phishing email
What is 'phishing'?
A misspelling of fishing
pretending to be someone else online
fake email to try to trick you into giving personal information
A way of illegally downloading films and games
In cybersecurity, a threat actor is a group or person behind a malicious incident. Which of these is NOT an identified example
Nation states
Criminal gangs or individuals
Sales teams
Political activists
