Chapter 2

Question 1

Script Kiddie

Answer 1

A term for people who use hacking techniques but have limited skills.

Question 2

Hacktivists

Answer 2

Use hacking techniques to accomplish some activist goal.

Question 3

Insider Attacks

Answer 3

Occur when an employee, contractor, vendor, or other individual with authorized access to information and systems uses that access to wage an attack against the organization.

Question 4

Threat Intelligence

Answer 4

The set of activities and resources available to cybersecurity professionals seeking to learn about changes in the threat environment.

Question 5

IoC (Indicators of Compromise)

Answer 5

The telltale signs that an attack has taken place and may include evidence left behind by the attacker.

Question 6

Assessing Threat Intelligence

Answer 6

Timely, accurate, and relevant are the factors used to determine an actual threat.

Question 7

STIX (Structured Threat Information eXpression)

Answer 7

An XML language used to manage and standardize threat and indicator information.