socia engineering

Question 1

define social engineering

Answer 1

art of manipulating people so they give up confidential information

Question 2

describe how to protect against social engineering

Question 3

forms of social engineering

Answer 3

blagging (pre texting)
phishing
pharming
shouldering (shoulder surfing )

Question 4

explain blagging

Answer 4

act of creating and using an invented scenario to engage a targeted victim in a manner that increases the chance that the victim will divulge information or perform actions that would be unlikely in ordinary circumstances

Question 5

explain pharming

Answer 5

cyber attack intended to redirect à websites traffic to another fake site

Question 6

explain phishing

Answer 6

technique to fraudulently obtain private information often using email and/or SMS

Question 7

explain shouldering

Answer 7

physicallly observing a persons private information over their shoulder
eg cash point machine pin numbers

Question 8

define malware

Answer 8

umbrella term used to refer to a variety of forms of hostile or intrusive software

Question 9

how can malware be protected against

Question 10

examples of malware

Answer 10

computer virus
trojan
spyware
adware

Question 11

explain computer virus

Question 12

describe a trojan

Question 13

describe spyware

Question 14

describe adware