Chapter 17 Student 12

Question 1

What type of attack is a process in which an attacker attempts to acquire information about your network and system by social means (over the phone, email, or talking on the phone)? Pg 809

Answer 1

Social Engineering

Question 2

This security threat are software programs that have the ability to hide certain things from the operating system; they do so by have admin - level access. Pg 810

Answer 2

Rookits

Question 3

This form of social engineering looks like someone is asking for a piece of information that you are missing. They would make it look as a legitimate request, usually asking for a person’s account number, user ID, etc. Pg 810

Answer 3

Phishing

Question 4

What is one of the best countermeasures to Phishing? Pg 811

Answer 4

Simply mouse over the Click Here link and read the URL. If the URL is not what you think it is, then you are being Phished.

Question 5

T or F, vishing, is phishing but over a VOIP phone. Pg 811

Answer 5

True

Question 6

This form of social engineering involves nothing more than watching someone when they enter sensitive data. PG 811

Answer 6

Shoulder Surfing

Question 7

How does Spyware work? pg 811

Answer 7

Spyware is spread to machines by users who inadvertently ask for it. The user’s don’t know that they have asked for it, but have done so by downloading other programs, visiting infected sites and so on.

Question 8

What are the symptoms of a Virus or a malware infection? Pg 812

Answer 8

Many viruses will announce that you’re infected as soon as they gain access to your system. They may take control of your system and flash annoying messages on your screen or destroy your hard disk.

Question 9

T or F, you may have a Virus if your system mysteriously shuts itself down, or starts itself up. Pg 812

Answer 9

True

Question 10

What two things a virus will try to accomplish? Pg 813

Answer 10

Render your system inoperable, and spread to other systems.

Question 11

How are viruses spread today by email? Pg 813

Answer 11

The infected system attaches a file to any email that you send to another user. The recipient opens the file, and the virus infects the target system.

Question 12

What is the best defense against a virus? Pg 814

Answer 12

Up to date antivirus software.

Question 13

This virus protects itself with protective code that can stop debuggers or disassemblers from examining critical elements of the virus. Pg 814

Answer 13

Armored Virus

Question 14

This virus attaches itself to legitimate programs, then creates a program with a different filename extension. Pg 815

Answer 14

Companion Virus

Question 15

This virus alters programs and databases. The only way to remove this virus is to wipe the drive and reinstall . Pg 815.

Answer 15

Phage Virus

Question 16

This virus changes to avoid detection. Pg 816

Answer 16

Polymorphic Virus

Question 17

This virus attacks or bypasses the antivirus software installed on a computer. 816

Answer 17

Retrovirus

Question 18

This virus attempts to avoid detection by masking itself from applications. Pg 816

Answer 18

Stealth virus

Question 19

What’s the difference between a Virus and a Worm? Pg 817

Answer 19

A worm can reproduce itself.

Question 20

This program can enter a system or network under the guise of another program. pg 818

Answer 20

Trojan Horse