Cybersecurity

Question 1

What is the practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from attacks?

Answer 1

Cybersecurity

Question 2

What type of attack involves hackers demanding money?

Answer 2

Ransomware

Question 3

What is the process of converting data into unreadable text?

Answer 3

Encryption

Question 4

What is the standard encryption method used by banks?

Answer 4

AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)

Question 5

What cybersecurity principle ensures only authorized users can access data?

Answer 5

Confidentiality

Question 6

What is the process of verifying a user’s identity?

Answer 6

Authentication

Question 7

What is the process of ensuring data remains unchanged?

Answer 7

Integrity

Question 8

What cybersecurity measure prevents unauthorized access to a network?

Answer 8

Firewall

Question 9

What technique is used to guess passwords by trying many possibilities?

Answer 9

Brute Force Attack

Question 10

What method tricks people into giving up personal information?

Answer 10

Phishing

Question 11

What security protocol ensures encrypted website communication?

Answer 11

TLS (Transport Layer Security)

Question 12

What is the cybersecurity term for an unknown software vulnerability?

Answer 12

Zero-Day Exploit

Question 13

What is the unauthorized process of gaining access to a system?

Answer 13

Hacking

Question 14

What is the cybersecurity term for testing security vulnerabilities?

Answer 14

Penetration Testing

Question 15

What is the cybersecurity term for malicious software?

Answer 15

Malware

Question 16

What type of malware disguises itself as legitimate software?

Answer 16

Trojan Horse

Question 17

What type of malware spreads by itself through a network?

Answer 17

Worm

Question 18

What type of malware records keystrokes?

Answer 18

Keylogger

Question 19

What attack floods a network with traffic?

Answer 19

DDoS (Distributed Denial-of-Service)

Question 20

What attack injects malicious code into a website?

Answer 20

SQL Injection

Question 21

What is the cybersecurity term for unauthorized modifications to software?

Answer 21

Tampering

Question 22

What cybersecurity principle restricts user privileges?

Answer 22

Least Privilege

Question 23

What software detects and removes malware?

Answer 23

Antivirus

Question 24

What attack involves an attacker sitting between two communicating parties?

Answer 24

Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) Attack

Question 25

What is the process of disguising an attacker's true identity?

Answer 25

Spoofing

Question 26

What type of attack involves an attacker impersonating someone else?

Answer 26

Impersonation Attack

Question 27

What is the cybersecurity term for a fake Wi-Fi network designed to steal data?

Answer 27

Evil Twin Attack

Question 28

What protocol is used to securely transfer files?

Answer 28

SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol)

Question 29

What protocol is used to send encrypted emails?

Answer 29

PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)

Question 30

What term describes an attacker controlling multiple hacked computers?

Answer 30

Botnet

Question 31

What technique is used to break encrypted data?

Answer 31

Cryptanalysis

Question 32

What cybersecurity attack alters the memory of a running program?

Answer 32

Buffer Overflow Attack

Question 33

What is the secure method to store passwords?

Answer 33

Hashing

Question 34

What method uses multiple authentication factors?

Answer 34

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Question 35

What security feature in browsers warns of insecure websites?

Answer 35

HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security)

Question 36

What security measure replaces real data with fake data?

Answer 36

Data Masking

Question 37

What attack tricks a system into running unauthorized commands?

Answer 37

Command Injection

Question 38

What term refers to unauthorized software hidden in legitimate apps?

Answer 38

Rootkit

Question 39

What principle ensures a user cannot deny actions they performed?

Answer 39

Non-Repudiation

Question 40

What security vulnerability involves injecting scripts into a webpage?

Answer 40

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Question 41

What is the cybersecurity term for unpatched security flaws?

Answer 41

Vulnerabilities

Question 42

What organization provides security standards for web applications?

Answer 42

OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project)

Question 43

What technique is used to check network security for weaknesses?

Answer 43

Vulnerability Scanning

Question 44

What is the cybersecurity term for removing unnecessary software or services?

Answer 44

Hardening

Question 45

What attack forces users to reauthenticate multiple times?

Answer 45

Session Hijacking

Question 46

What is the name of Google’s cybersecurity research team?

Answer 46

Project Zero

Question 47

What law governs data protection in the European Union?

Answer 47

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)

Question 48

What organization is responsible for global cybersecurity threat monitoring?

Answer 48

CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team)