Yr 9 cybersecurity

Question 1

People who are given consent to hack a business' system to help identify weaknesses in their system.

Accepted Answer

Ethical hackers, White hat hackers

Question 2

Which is NOT true about a hacktivist?

Accepted Answer

Rarely motivated by theft.

Question 3

Form of attack that uses trial and error to guess a password.

Accepted Answer

Brute force attack

Question 4

Form of attack used to purposely flood and overload a server or website in an attempt to shut it down.

Accepted Answer

denial of service (DoS)

Question 5

A person who hacks for political or socially motivated purposes.

Accepted Answer

hacktivist

Question 6

A person who lacks expertise and uses existing computer scripts or codes to hack.

Accepted Answer

Script kiddies

Question 7

This is the psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or giving confidential information.

Accepted Answer

social engineering

Question 8

Form of attack that uses trial and error to guess a password.

Accepted Answer

Brute force attack

Question 9

Which password would be the quickest to guess in a brute force attack?

Accepted Answer

password

Question 10

What happened during the Dyn cybersecurity attack in 2016?

Accepted Answer

Script kiddies performed a DoS attack and took down the Internet in the US

Question 11

Which is NOT an example of social engineering?

Accepted Answer

virus

Question 12

Which password is weak?

Accepted Answer

password1, password, Password123, Pa$$w0rd

Questions 12