Threats, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities 3

Question 1

The trial software found exploits, but you need to buy the full package

Answer 1

Ransomware

Question 2

More data is inserted into an application than expected

Answer 2

Buffer overflow

Question 3

The reason why we shred and burn data is to prevent …

Answer 3

Dumpster diving

Question 4

A USB drive plugged into the back of your desktop logs keystrokes

Answer 4

Keylogger

Question 5

You have reinstalled the operating system, but this virus is still there

Answer 5

Rootkit

Question 6

Someone standing behind you records your ATM transaction by using a smartphone

Answer 6

Shoulder surfing

Question 7

This generates multiple popups

Answer 7

Adware

Question 8

No knowledge or information is given to you

Answer 8

Black-box pen tester

Question 9

An untraceable virus

Answer 9

Zero‐day virus

Question 10

Someone willing to steal your trade secrets

Answer 10

Competitor

Question 11

An attack on the CEO or a high‐level executive

Answer 11

Whaling

Question 12

Prevents pass-the-hash attacks

Answer 12

Kerberos

Question 13

May cause harm to your system

Answer 13

Intrusive scan

Question 14

An attack on everyone using a popular trusted website

Answer 14

Watering-hole attack

Question 15

Complete wireless payment transactions

Answer 15

Near field communication
(NFC)

Question 16

Obtains a program from the dark web

Answer 16

Script kiddie

Question 17

Redirects the user to a fraudulent website

Answer 17

DNS poisoning

Question 18

Listening to a conversation

Answer 18

Passive reconnaissance

Question 19

The first stage after purchasing an IoT device, change the …

Answer 19

Default configuration

Question 20

CPU running at 100% is a sign of …

Answer 20

Resource exhaustion

Question 21

An email sent to the Board of Directors

Answer 21

Spear phishing

Question 22

An attack using the phrase 1=1

Answer 22

SQL injection

Question 23

Purchasing fake software from a website

Answer 23

Hoax

Question 24

Hacktivist motivation

Answer 24

Political cause

Question 25

Prevents SQL injection, buffer overflow, and integer overflow

Answer 25

Input validation