Security risks and prevention

Question 1

what is social engineering

Answer 1

manipulating someone to reveal confidential information

Question 2

what are 3 social engineering techniques

Answer 2

blagging
phishing
shouldering

Question 3

what is blagging

Answer 3

the use of deception to gain access to confidential information

Question 4

what is phishing

Answer 4

a fake email that looks legitimate but is used to steal personal information such as passwords or credit card numbers

Question 5

what is shouldering

Answer 5

physically standing behind someone or looking over their shoulder to gain personal information

Question 6

what is a prevention method for blagging

Answer 6

always be cautions and verify edentity

Question 7

what is a prevention method for phishing

Answer 7

block sender
don’t open suspicious links
check email address

Question 8

what is a prevention method for shoulerign

Answer 8

be aware of surroundings
use you hands to block veiw

Question 9

what are 8 types of malware

Answer 9

virus
trojan
adware
worm
bot
spyware
ransomware
rootkit

Question 10

what is a virus

Answer 10

can copy itself and spread throughout a network by attaching itself to files.

Question 11

what is trojan

Answer 11

a file that pretends to be a normal file or program but one downloaded will perform malicious tasks

Question 12

what is adware

Answer 12

creates adds that pop on users screen and direct them elsewhere

Question 13

what is a worm

Answer 13

a malware that will spread and exploit a network and use up its bandwidth

Question 14

what is a rootkit

Answer 14

provides remote access to the computer which can allow a hacker to steal personal data

Question 15

what is ransomware

Answer 15

prevents the user from being able to access their data until a ransom is paidw

Question 16

what is spyware

Answer 16

malware that tracks the user’s activity without them noticing

Question 17

what is and example of spyware

Answer 17

key loggers

Question 18

what is abot

Answer 18

used to flood servers in DDOS attacks

Question 19

what are the 3 types of hackers

Answer 19

white hat
black hat
grey hat

Question 20

what is white hat hacker

Answer 20

ethical hackers that are given legal permission to test a systems security.

Question 21

what is back hat hacker

Answer 21

a criminal hacker that illegally attacks computers with malicious intent

Question 22

what is grey hat hackers

Answer 22

hackers that do not have malicious intents and try to gain access to their own findings

Question 23

what are 4 other network threats

Answer 23

brute force
SQL injection
Data interception and theft
DOS

Question 24

what is a brute force attacki

Answer 24

using automated software to try millions of different password combinations

Question 25

what is a SQL injection

Answer 25

used to interfere with databases by entering SQL commands into forms, which can reveal confidential data

Question 26

what is a packet sniffer

Answer 26

intercept data packets across a network and analyze them for sensitive data such as passwords

Question 27

what is DOS attack

Answer 27

sending useless requests to a network so that gets overloaded and cannot deal with lear requests and causing it to eventually crash

Question 28

what are 6 ways to prevent malicious attacks

Answer 28

pen testing
anti-malware software
physical security
encryption
user access levels
strong passwords

Question 29

what is pen testing

Answer 29

when a company hires another company to test their security and identify them of any vulnerabilities

Question 30

what is antimalware software

Answer 30

a computer program that can detect and remove malware that is injected into the systme

Question 31

what is physical security used for

Answer 31

prevent datames to physical parts of network

Question 32

what are 4 examples of physical security

Answer 32

locks
biometrics
CCTV
alarms

Question 33

what is encryption

Answer 33

scrambling data to make it unreadable and harder for hackers to intercept

Question 34

what are user access levels

Answer 34

used to limit access that users have to certain data.