Cybersecurity

Question 1

5. When a third party intercepts a digital conversation without any knowledge of that interception, it is called:

Accepted Answer

a man-in-the middle

Question 2

10. The ILOVEYOU virus spread mainly through:

Accepted Answer

Email attachments

Question 3

8. The dark web is the same as the deep web.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

2. Which attack makes a website stop working by overloading it with traffic?

Accepted Answer

Denial of service (DoS)

Question 5

3. A malicious code that activates only when a specific condition is met is called:

Accepted Answer

Logic bomb

Question 6

1. A hacker uses a program to try thousands of passwords until one works. This is called

Accepted Answer

Brute force attack

Question 7

6. What is the best definition of phishing?

Accepted Answer

A fake email or message that tries to steal your data

Question 8

9. What is considered the first computer virus ever created (for MS-DOS systems)?

Accepted Answer

Brain

Question 9

4. Zero-day attack attack takes advantage of a software weakness that is not yet known by the developers.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

7. Which of these is an example of social engineering?

Accepted Answer

Tricking someone into revealing their password

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