Security Part 1

Question 1

The protection of computing systems and data from unauthorized access, change or destruction is ?

Answer 1

Computer Security
It can be used
Upholding laws : Example : Computer forensics
Breaking the laws : Viruses, Identity theft

Question 2

Any crime using computers or
networks such as :
Billion of dollars are lost and Majority are conducted by company insiders

Answer 2

Cyber Crime like
Money , Goods , Information and Software Resources

Question 3

To repeatedly harm or harass people in a deliberate manner on the internet ?

Answer 3

Cyberstalking

Question 4

Targeting children and young adults online, involves humiliation, rumors, lies, taunts or threats ?

Answer 4

Cyber bullying

Question 5

What is Intellectual Property Theft ?

Answer 5

Software Piracy
File sharing of copy righted songs
Illegal duplication and distribution of movies
Plagiarism of copy righted text

Getting sensitive data through ? Spoofing and Phishing

Question 6

Theft of computer itself ?

Answer 6

Which Laptops and Smartphones are often stolen

The software and information on the computer are more valuable than the hardware

Question 7

Trick that target to extract secret information
Example : Making a phone call and posing as an internet technician is ?

Answer 7

Spoofing

Question 8

Is a type of social engineering technique used to obtain information by looking over the victim’s shoulder ?

Answer 8

Shoulder surfing

Question 9

Is the act of attempting to acquire
sensitive information by masquerading as a
trustworthy ( pretend to be )
Such as : Sending an email posing as a bank
representative ?

Answer 9

phishing

Question 10

How to Identity Theft ?

Answer 10

Extract personal information to commit a
crime in another person identity
Like National ID , Driving License and Credit card number

Question 11

How to Identity theft protection ?

Answer 11

Use separate credit card for online use
Use secure websites (https://)
Don’t disclose personal info on phone
Handle email with care
Report Identity theft promptly

Question 12

Which is malware used to disrupt computer operation, gather sensitive information, or gain access to private computer systems ?

Answer 12

Malicious Software
Like Viruses, Worms , Trojan horses , Spyware
and Ransomware

Question 13

Are attached to a file/program and spread
when files are exchanged via email attachments or flash drive ?

Answer 13

Viruses
When the virus program is opened / Executed it happens in a ways of ?
Damages the Operating system , Destroys or steals data and Display annoying pop-up messages

Newer types of Viruses are called Cross platform

Question 14

What is Micro viruses ?

Answer 14

Attach themselves to documents containing
macros (a set of commands to automate repetitive tasks)
Such as : MS Office files and Melissa virus (1999)

Question 15

Worms ?

Answer 15

They are independent programs
Capable of reproducing themselves
Causes memory freezes
Has type ?
Famous worm : Code Red (2001)
which attacks internet servers running
Microsoft Servers

Question 16

Disguise themselves as useful programs or apps, but has hidden destructive program (viruses) Example : Time bomb ?

Answer 16

Trojan Horse
Which Often posted in shareware , Names sound like games

Question 17

Gets installed and collects information without user’s knowledge ?

Answer 17

Spyware called ( Spybot or tracking software )
Has tracks which is ?
Keystrokes , web sites visited and Screen displays

Question 18

It is malware that locks your computer and encrypts data in your hard drive or pay a ransom to unblock the files again ?

Answer 18

Ransomware
How do you get infected?
By opening an infected email attachment or malicious link

Question 19

Hacking and Electronic Trespassing ?

Answer 19

People who break into computer systems or
networks unlawfully

also it can control computers or steal personal
information to commit identity theft

Question 20

Which are criminals develop new techniques to penetrate systems to gain illegal access or destroy information ?

Answer 20

Black- Hat Hacker

Question 21

It is security experts developing new techniques to protect us for non-malicious reasons such as to expose/test the system weaknesses ?

Answer 21

White Hat Hacker (Ethical Hacker)

Question 22

Is the Internet connected computers that have been hijacked (To take control) using viruses to perform malicious acts without the knowledge of the owners ?

Answer 22

Zombie computers

Question 23

What is Botnets ?

Answer 23

Is a group of software programs called bots
which is Run automatically on zombie computers

Question 24

What is DDOS : Distributed Denial of Service ?

Answer 24

It’s bombards servers and web sites with traffic that shuts them down which using thousands of zombie computers (botnets)

Authorized users cannot use their computer