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What is water holing?

What is a hacktivist?

LO2 - Types of threats

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A quiz on the types of threats

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What is a hacktivist?
Anyone who uses the internet
Groups who attack companies for political or ethical reasons
People interested in exploiting information to make money
People who find hacking an enjoyable challenge
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What is water holing?
Setting up a fake website to exploit visiting users
Sending emails to targeted individuals for malicious reasons
Proxy that bypasses security and lets users access websites
Attacking wide parts of the internet at random
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What is adware?
Banners or pop-ups that display upon launching applications
Software that overloads a system so users cannot access it
The illegal obtaining of credit card details
Software that attacks mobile devices
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Which one of these is NOT a targeted attack?
Subverting a supply chain
Phishing
Spear-phishing
DDoS
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What type of attack is water holing?
Targeted
Un-targeted
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What is the name of a famous hacktivist group?
Anonymous
Lizard Squad
HGA
LulzSec
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What does DDoS stand for?
Devastating denial of security
Deliberate destruction of service
Deliberate destruction of systems
Distributed denial of service
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Which is more harmful to your system?
Malware
Adware