Attacks

Question 1

Sniffing

Answer 1

hjk

Question 2

Man in the Middle

Answer 2

hjk

Question 3

DoS

Answer 3

hjk

Question 4

Smurf

Answer 4

hjk

Question 5

Fraggle

Answer 5

hjk

Question 6

SYN Flood

Answer 6

hjk

Question 7

Broadcast Storms

Answer 7

hjk

Question 8

Ping of Death

Answer 8

hjk

Question 9

Dial Tone

Answer 9

hjk

Question 10

War Driving

Answer 10

hjk

Question 11

Evil Twin

Answer 11

hjk

Question 12

Bluesnarfing

Answer 12

hjk

Question 13

Bluejacking

Answer 13

hjk

Question 14

DDoS

Answer 14

hjk

Question 15

Replay/Playback

Answer 15

hjk

Question 16

Brute Force

Answer 16

hjk

Question 17

Malicious Port Scanning

Answer 17

hjk

Question 18

Backdoor 1

Answer 18

provides another way of accessing a system

Question 19

Backdoor 2

Answer 19

hjk

Question 20

Virus

Answer 20

A set of malicious code that attaches itself to a host application. Once the host application is executed, the malicious code executes as well. (Chapter 6)

Question 21

Worm

Answer 21

a self-replicating malware that resides in memory. It uses different transport protocols to travel over the network and consumes network bandwidth.

Question 22

Trojan Horse

Answer 22

appears to be something useful but includes a malicious component, such as installing a backdoor on a system. Many Trojans are delivered via drive-by downloads.

Question 23

Ransomeware

Answer 23

A type of Trojan. Attackers take control of a user’s computer and then demands a ransome

Question 24

Logic Bomb

Answer 24

a string of code embedded into an application/script that executes in response to an event.

Question 25

Rootkit

Answer 25

A group of programs that hides the fact that the system has been infected or compromised by malicious code.

Question 26

Malformed MIME

Answer 26

hjk

Question 27

Pharming

Answer 27

hjk

Question 28

Transitive Attack

Answer 28

hjk

Question 29

Social Engineering

Answer 29

social tactics to trick users into giving up info or performing actions they wouldn’t normally take.

Question 30

Typosquatting

Answer 30

hjk

Question 31

Watering Hole Attack

Answer 31

hjk

Question 32

Piggybacking/Tailgating

Answer 32

the practice of one person following closely behind another without showing credentials

Question 33

Tracking Cookie

Answer 33

hjk

Question 34

Phishing

Answer 34

the practice of sending email to users with the purpose of tricking them into revealing personal info or clicking on a link. (Malicious Spam)

Question 35

Whaling

Answer 35

form of spear phishing that attempts to target high-level executives (C Level).

Question 36

Vishing

Answer 36

an attack using the phone system to trick users into giving up personal and financial information

Question 37

Botnet

Answer 37

Robot Network: includes multiple computers that act as robots and function together in a network for malicious purposes.

Question 38

Spam

Answer 38

unwanted or unsolicited email

Question 39

Spear Phishing

Answer 39

a targeted form of phishing.

Question 40

Spim

Answer 40

a form of spam using instant messaging