Malware Infections

Question 1

A method used by an attacker to access a victim’s machine.

Answer 1

Threat Vector

Question 2

A method used by an attacker to gain access to a victim’s machine in order to infect it with malware.

Answer 2

Attack Vector

Question 3

Malware is placed on a website that you know your potential victims will access.

Answer 3

Watering Holes

Question 4

Using a collection of compromised computers under the control of a master node.

Answer 4

Botnet

Question 5

Occurs when a computer is placed between the sender and receiver and is able to capture or modify the traffic between them.

Answer 5

Active Interception

Question 6

Occurs when you are able to exploit a design flaw or bug in the system to gain access to resources that a normal user isn’t able to access.

Answer 6

Privilege Escalation