Chapter 5.5

Question 1

What happens during the brute force attack?

Answer 1

Multiple guesser are made at your password in order to try and break into your computer or account

Question 2

What is the aim of the Brute force attack?

Answer 2

to steal your precious personal data or use your account to buy products online

Question 3

What are the security solutions that can be used for the brute force attack?

Answer 3

strong password
two factor authentication
biometric password
a limited number of attempts in entering a password

Question 4

What happens during Data interception?

Answer 4

Data packets are intercepted and examined through the use of software such as a packet sniffer

Question 5

What is the aim of Data interception?

Answer 5

to steal your precious personal data for a criminal activity such as identity theft and fraud

Question 6

What are the security solutions that can be used for Data interception?

Answer 6

Encryption such as SSL protocol and visually checking the URL of a website to see if it uses the HTTP[S protocol

Question 7

What is a packet sniffer?

Answer 7

a piece of software that is used to examine the contents in a packet of data

Question 8

What happens during the DDoS attack?

Answer 8

Malware is sent to lots of computers to turn them into bots to create a botnet. The perpetrator then uses the botnet to send many requests to a web server all at the same time

Question 9

What is the aim of the DDoS attack?

Answer 9

The aim is to cause the web server to crash. The perpetrator may be doing this to demand money for it to stop, or as an act of revenge or activism

Question 10

What are the security solutions that can be used for the DDoS attack?

Answer 10

The company can use a proxy server to act as a barrier that filters requests to the web server. You can scan your computer with anti-malware on a regular basis to try and prevent it being used as a bot

Question 11

What is a botnet?

Question 12

What is a zombie?

Answer 12

it is a computer that had downloaded malware but it is not being currently used

Question 13

How does a proxy server work?

Answer 13

It works by examining requests that are being sent by devices that want to access the web pages that are stored in a web server

Question 14

What happens during Hacking?

Answer 14

a hacker gains unauthorized access to your data by exploiting a vulnerability in your computer or network

Question 15

What is the aim of Hacking?

Answer 15

The aim is to steal, corrupt or leak your data for criminal activity

Question 16

What are the security solutions that can be used for Hacking?

Answer 16

A firewall,
automatic software updates
strong or biometric password
two step verification

Question 17

What are the 6 types of malware?

Answer 17

Virus
Worm
Trojan
Spyware
Adware
Ransomware

Question 18

What happens during a Malware attack?

Answer 18

malicious software is downloaded onto your computer or network

Question 19

What is the aim of a Malware attack?

Answer 19

malicious software is used to corrupt your data, gain access to your data or damage your hardware

Question 20

What are the security solutions that can be used for a Malware attack?

Answer 20

anti-malware software which includes:
anti-virus
anti-spyware
firewall
being cautious when downloading data
creating a backup

Question 21

What is a access level

Answer 21

the amount of direct access a user is given to data and resources. This could be set to only certain section of data and resources

Question 21

What happens during Pharming?

Answer 21

malicious software is downloaded onto your hard drive that will redirect you to a fake web page when you input the genuine URL

Question 22

What is the aim of Pharming?

Answer 22

To get your personal data to commit criminal activities such as stealing your money, identity theft or fraud

Question 22

What are the security solutions that can be used for Pharming?

Answer 22

anti-malware software visually checking the web pages and only downloading from trusted sources

Question 23

What is the aim of Phishing?

Answer 23

To get your personal data

Question 23

What happens during Phishing?

Answer 23

The perpetrator will send a fake email that is designed to look genuine . it will encourage he user to provide their personal data wither by clicking a link to a fake website or responding to their email

Question 24

What are the security solutions that can be used for Phishing?

Answer 24

checking if its the correct URL
If the website looks normal …

Question 25

What are the security solutions that can be used for Social Engineering?

Answer 25

Access level and awareness of how social engineering is conducted

Question 26

What is the aim of Social Engineering?

Answer 26

to get data to commit criminal activity such as stealing your money, hacking into your computer network and identity theft or fraud

Question 26

What happens during Social Engineering?

Answer 26

a perpetrator will try and manipulate and deceive you into providing them personal or confidential data