Cybersecurity
The term used for a cybersecurity attack that involves an attacker intercepting communication between two parties, often to steal sensitive information?
What is a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack?
This tech entrepreneur co-founded a company in the 1990s that specialized in digital payment systems and later created a space exploration company
Who is Elon Musk, co-founder of PayPal and SpaceX?
What is the name of the computer program developed by IBM that defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997
What is Deep Blue?
This American multinational company, founded in 1906, is known for its diverse range of products, including aerospace systems, control technologies for buildings, and industrial equipment
What is Honeywell?
This mythical creature, often associated with being a helpful assistant, shares its name with a popular voice-controlled AI assistant developed by Amazon.
What is Alexa?
The cybersecurity practice that involves altering code or system functionality to fix or mitigate vulnerabilities without changing the core functionality.
What is patch management?
He co-founded the multinational sportswear corporation Nike in 1964 and served as its track coach while being a part-time accountant at the time.
Who is Bill Bowerman?
Who coined the term 'artificial intelligence' and is considered one of the founding fathers of AI
Who is John McCarthy?
Name the American multinational enterprise recognized for its involvement in entertainment, media networks, and theme parks
What is The Walt Disney Company?
This protocol, indicated by 'https://' in a web address, ensures secure communication over a computer network
What is Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure?
The term for encrypting a victim's data and demanding payment for its release in a cybersecurity attack
What is a ransomware attack?
This computer scientist co-founded a company in the 1970s that significantly contributed to the development of the UNIX operating system
Who is Dennis Ritchie, the co-founder of the UNIX operating system at Bell Labs?
The British computer scientist known for proposing the 'Turing Test' to evaluate a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human
Who is Alan Turing?
Identify the Japanese multinational enterprise known for its advancements in robotics, telecommunications, and entertainment, producing the Aibo robotic dog.
What is Sony Corporation?
Identify the programming language named after a famous British comedy television show and known for its readability and simplicity
Python
This cybersecurity practice simulates real-world cyber attacks to assess an organization's security readiness.
What is penetration testing or "pen testing"?
This tech visionary co-founded a company in the 1990s that specialized in internet search and later expanded into various technology services and products
Who is Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google?
Identify the AI technique involving enabling computers to understand, interpret, and generate human-like text.
What is natural language processing (NLP)?
Name the American multinational technology company that focuses on developing graphics processing units (GPUs) for gaming, professional markets, and artificial intelligence
What is NVIDIA Corporation?
This widely used version control system, founded by Linus Torvalds, is known for its decentralized architecture and open-source nature
What is Git?
This type of cyber attack involves an attacker exploiting a vulnerability in a system by injecting and executing malicious code, often gaining control or compromising the targeted system.
What is a Remote Code Execution (RCE) attack?
This entrepreneur co-founded a company in the 1990s that revolutionized online travel bookings and accommodation
Who is Brian Chesky, co-founder of Airbnb?
This AI system, developed by IBM, famously competed against human contestants on the quiz show 'Jeopardy!'
What is IBM's Watson?
Identify the South Korean multinational company recognized for its products in electronics, semiconductor, and mobile communications.
What is Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.?
This was the original considered name by the company founders before adopting 'Google'
What is Backrub?