Basic Cybersecurity
Personal Security
Computer Security
Internet Security
Miscellaneous
100
Confidentiality
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Availability
What is INTEGRITY?
100
For example, "abc123", "123456", "0000."
What is a WEAK PASSWORD?
100
Viruses and worms are of this type of malware.
What is CIRCULATION?
100
This is abbreviated HTML.
What is HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE?
100
This is abbreviated POP.
What is POST OFFICE PROTOCOL?
200
A flaw or weakness that allows a threat agent to bypass security.
What is a VULNERABILITY?
200
Trying every possible combination of letters, numbers and special characters to create candidate digests.
What is a BRUTE FORCE ATTACK?
200
Captures and stores each keystroke
What is a KEYLOGGER?
200
Two different protocols for receiving incoming emails.
What is POP3 and IMAP4?
200
An attacker who lacks skills and relies on automated attack software.
What is a SCRIPT KIDDIE?
300
Authentication
Authorization
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What is ACCOUNTING?
300
Targetting the "big fish"
What is WHALING?
300
Software that is a cumulative package of all patches & feature updates.
What is a SERVICE PACK?
300
Another term for "poisoned ad attack"
What is MALVERTISING?
400
Highly skilled with enough gov't resources to breach almost any security defense. Considered the most deadly attacker.
What is a STATE-SPONSORED ATTACKER?
400
What is SHOULDER SURFING?
400
Highest level of a user account for the most control over a computer
What is an ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT?
400
A list of senders from whom the user dos not want to receive any email.
What is BLACKLIST?
400
The controller of hundreds or thousands of zombie computers.
What is a BOT HERDER?
500
A law enacted to fight corporate fraud and corruption.
What is SARBOX?
(Sarbanes-Oxley Act)
500
A false warning intended to track a user into performing an action that will compromise security
What is a HOAX?
500
What is a SPLIT INFECTION?
500
Larger than a cookie - a Flash cookie.
What is an LSO?
(Locally shared object)
500
This mode is when the entire screen is temporarily dimmed & a UAC dialog box appears.
What is SECURE DESKTOP MODE?