Hack Attacks
What attack uses fake messages to trick people into revealing their login details?
Phishing
What secret credential is usually entered alongside a username to log in?
Password
Which building houses the College of IST at University Park?
WESTGATE!!
What extra copy of your files helps you recover them after data loss?
Backup
What is Scotland's national animal?
Unicorn
What malware locks your files and demands payment to restore access?
Ransomware
What identity-verification method uses fingerprints or facial recognition?
Biometrics
Which three-letter course prefix covers threats, intelligence, and risk assessment at Penn State?
SRA
What software scans your device for malware and helps remove it?
Antivirus
Which chemical element has the symbol Hg?
Mercury
What malicious software secretly records what you type?
Keylogger
What login protection combines a password with a code from your authenticator app?
MFA
What is the name of IST’s 155-seat theater-style classroom?
Cybertorium
What security tool filters traffic entering and leaving a network?
Firewall
What term describes a word that reads the same forward and backward?
Palindrome
What malware disguises itself as a legitimate application?
Trojan
What online test helps distinguish humans from automated bots?
CAPTCHA
Which Penn State system lets students register for classes and view their schedules?
LionPATH
What tool creates an encrypted tunnel between your device and a remote server?
VPN
Which planet takes longer to rotate once than to orbit the Sun?
Venus
What attack floods a website with traffic from many devices to make it unavailable?
DDoS
What process determines which files or features a logged-in user is allowed to access?
Authorization
Westgate’s design was inspired by a bridge in which Italian city?
Florence
What process scrambles readable data so it requires the correct key to read?
Encyrption
What color were carrots originally before the 17th century?
Purple