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PY1 Module 6
PY1 Module 6
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cybersecurity, personal safety, pentesting, ciphers, etc
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A group of computers that coordinate their activity over the internet, often for malicious reasons:
botnets
click farms
hashtaggers
phish pharmers
2
_________ is where advertisers only pay the owners of a site when a user clicks on an ad.
cost per click
pay per click
pay per visit
3
A social media post to combine a few pieces of information or complete a quiz to produce a name is what kind of malware?
pharming
name generator attack
spyware
shouldering
4
It is common for phishing emails to contain imprecise use of the English language, often with spelling errors.
True
False
5
A more sophisticated form of phishing that targets specific individuals or groups of people is
spear phishing
gig phishing.
C fishing.
6
A pentester spends too much time and resources on a job when it is no longer necessary: which mistake?
forgetting about ethics
relying exclusively on tools
Not accepting a system that is secure.
7
Which encryption scrambles and unscrambles information using a singe key?
oppositional
symmetric
asymmeteric
ROT 1
8
Trojans have become a serious problem with what type of apps?
free
Apple
Android
Amazon
9
Shouldering is also known as....
shoulder surfing
shoulder pharming
shoulder blagging
shoulder spying
10
You should back up existing data and passwords before you install a new operating system.
Sometimes, if you feel like it.
No, false, never.
Yes, true, always.
11
Malware that forces users to view advertising is called
adware
shoppingware
AceHardware
time-wasterware
12
In a worm attack, what is the first step?
The worm penetrates the machine, exploiting vulnerabilities
The worm downloads itself
The worm will propagate itself.
Worm probes other machines looking for vulnerabilities.
13
Hijacking a click intended for a genuine advertiser is called.....
clever clicking
pay per click
click theft
click fraud
14
Pen tests are white hat attacks designed to ...
punish black hat hackers.
Identify network security issues and other vulnerabilities
steal a company's data.
install a worm on a network.
15
The Vigenère cipher uses a _____ as the key to the encryption.
word
algorithm
hash
eagle
16
Software that inserts copies of itself into applications and crucial parts data storage systems is a ..........
Trojan
virus
supernova
worm
17
A group of computers that coordinate their activity over the internet, often for malicious reasons:
robot hackers
botnets
clickfarms
Pharming
18
A piece of software that inserts copies of itself into applications and data systems is a ...
Trojan
virus
pharmic
worm
19
A _________ is an attack in which malware redirects the victim to a malicious version of a website
Trojan
pharming attack
phishing attack
botnet
20
The last day to submit work for this semester is
December 11
December 25
21
Which is falls under a “fair use” act?
Trademark a copyright.
Use copyrighted work any way you choose.
Limited use of a copyrighted work.
22
In a ______ _______ testing, pen testers are given no information.
black box
gray box
white box
23
This encryption takes information and creates a string of data that will always be the same given the same information?
stringing
Caesarshifting
hashing
24
Trojans can work in isolation or rely on networks
Yes, True
NO, False...
Sort of...
25
Using the ROT 1 encryption, BAT becomes
YXZ
CBU
TAB
26
In a ________ attack, the victim is redirected to a malicious website.
pharming
click bait
blagging
botnet
27
Which is an example of blagging?
sharing a flashdrive with a coworker
redirecting you to a malicious website
an email disguised to look like it is for real
online dating scam
28
When advertisers only pay the owners of a site when a user clicks on an ad, it is called...
cost per click
pay per click
clickit or tickit
pay per visit
29
If the pentester and the company know both don't know about the pen testing,
it is called black box.
it is double blind.
it is blind.