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Question 1

What are vulnerabilities

Answer 1

Flaws or issues that results in weaknesses in the security of a system

Question 2

What are examples of system attacks

Answer 2

Denial of servuce
Botnet
Social engineering

Question 3

What is Botnet?

Answer 3

Where attackers place a piece of malware on a group of competitors to form a network under their control

Question 4

Why would someone make a botnet?

Answer 4

Access sensitive data on individual data, launch DoS attacks, install more malware or send spam emails

Question 5

What is social engineering?

Answer 5

Gaining the trust of individuals and using their trust to influence them to give confidential information.

Question 6

What is a physical threat?

Answer 6

Any threat threat to the system or computer through physical access such as theft of the equipment

Question 7

What is an environmental threat

Answer 7

Any threat which is a result of a natural event such as floods, fire, earthquakes etc

Question 8

What are accidental threats?

Answer 8

Unintentional events that cause harm. e.g. spilling liquid on a computer or dropping a phone

Question 9

What are intentional threats

Answer 9

Criminal activities with intent on harming the computer or system

Question 10

What is state sponsored

Answer 10

Countries spying on each other to obtain information such as military campaigns, nuclear facilities, government policies.

Question 11

What is money laundering

Answer 11

The process by which criminals hide the origins of their crime by transferring money through different bank accounts and countries

Question 12

What is data mining?

Answer 12

The use of sophisticates tools to identify trends and patterns in large data stores

Question 13

WHat is cyber enabled crime

Answer 13

Committing crimes such as fraud, theft and bullying via IT

Question 14

What is cyber dependent crime

Answer 14

Crime that can only be carried out using computer networks

Question 15

What is a hacktivist

Answer 15

illegal access to a computer system or network in order to promote their own views on a particular issue

Question 16

What is a cyber criminal

Answer 16

Anyone who uses computers to perform malicious activities. such as sending spa, or committing fraud

Question 17

What is an insider

Answer 17

A threat from inside the business. e.g. a disgruntled employee or employees with severe personal problems such as debt

Question 18

What is a script kiddie

Answer 18

Someone who uses existing computer scripts to hack into computers and deface websites

Question 19

What is a vulnerability broker?

Answer 19

Finds bugs in programmes and systems of other companies

Question 20

What are scammers?

Answer 20

People who offer goods or opportunities to others by sending emails with a false link.

Question 21

What are phishers

Answer 21

People who try to gain your personal data by sending emails claiming to be someone else and asking you to log in through the email to change your password.

Question 22

How can spam affect people

Answer 22

Can distribute malware and scams. Also annoying

Question 23

How can phishing affect people

Answer 23

Steal personal data such as passwords

Question 24

How can malware affect people

Answer 24

Steal data

can also make the computer obsolete (no longer able to be used)

Question 25

How can hackers affect a business

Answer 25

Steal data

business will have to deal with consequences of stolen data

could crash a website

Question 26

What are three things that hacktivists could be motivated by

Answer 26

Political gain
Righting perceived wrongs
score settling
public good
social change

Question 27

What are three things that cyber criminals could be motivated by

Answer 27

Score settling
Espionage
Cause disruption and havoc
Income generation

Question 28

What are three things that insiders could be motivated by

Answer 28

Score settling
Espionage
Financial gain
Personal gain

Question 29

What are three things that script kiddies could be motivated by

Answer 29

publicity
thrill
personal gain

Question 30

What are three things that vulnerability brokers could be motivated by

Answer 30

Personal gain
score settling
income generation

Question 31

What are three things that scammers could be motivated by

Answer 31

Financial theft
income generation
ID theft

Question 32

What are three things that phishers could be motivated by

Answer 32

Personal gain
income generation
ID theft
Financial theft

Question 33

What are three things that cyber terrorist could be motivated by

Answer 33

Causing destruction
Military gain
Financial gain
Political gain
Publicity

Question 34

How may a hacktivist attack people and organisations

Answer 34

Dos attacks
scripting
Botnet

Question 35

How may a cyber criminal attack people organisations, information and equipment

Answer 35

Malware
viruses
spam
Hacking
Cyber stalking

Question 36

How may an insider attack organisations

Answer 36

ID theft
privilege abuse
unintentional

Question 37

How may a script kiddie attack organisations

Answer 37

Worms
Malware
Viruses

Question 38

How may a vulnerability broker attack organisations?

Answer 38

Botnet
Worms
privilege abuse

Question 39

How may a scammer attack people (many people at once)

Answer 39

Email
pharming
ID theft

Question 40

How may a phisher attack people (individuals)

Answer 40

Email
pharming
Id theft

Question 41

How may a cyber terrorist target people, organisations and people

Answer 41

Social engineering
hacking
physical theft

Question 42

What are the global impacts of cyber security incidents

Answer 42

Cost
HR
cease of trading
communication blackouts

Question 43

What are individual impacts of cyber security individuals

Answer 43

Loss of internet
loss of data
loss of finances

Question 44

What are organisational impacts of cyber security impacts

Answer 44

Loss of rep
Theft
Financial loss
Law suits

Question 45

Who may an ethical hacker attack

Answer 45

Those who are perceived to lack certain morals. an ethical hacker may be a hacktivist

Question 46

What is a stakeholder

Answer 46

A person with a financial or professional interest in a business