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WorksheetsSecurity Threats Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following best defines a security threat?
A weakness in the system
An action that can exploit a weakness
A method to fix vulnerabilities
A firewall rule
Which of the following is NOT a type of malware?
Worm
Trojan horse
SQL Injection
Ransomware
An employee accidentally sending confidential files to the wrong recipient is an example of:
Internal malicious threat
Accidental threat
Environmental threat
External threat
Which attack involves overloading a server with traffic to make it unavailable?
Brute force attack
SQL injection
DoS/DDoS attack
Phishing
The STRIDE model is used for:
Designing firewalls
Threat modeling
Password management
Encryption
Which of the following is a real-world example of a ransomware attack?
Stuxnet
WannaCry
Heartbleed
SolarWinds
What type of attack manipulates people into revealing sensitive information?
Phishing
Man-in-the-middle
Social engineering
Brute force
Which of these is an environmental threat?
Insider data theft
Power outage in a data center
DDoS attack
Phishing email
A hacker modifies communication between two parties without their knowledge. This is called:
SQL Injection
MITM Attack
Zero-day exploit
Insider threat
What is the main characteristic of a zero-day exploit?
It uses brute force to guess passwords
It attacks newly discovered but unfixed vulnerabilities
It requires insider access
It is caused by natural disasters
