About Bruce Power
This Ontario nuclear power station is located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron.
What is Bruce Power?
This malware disguises itself as legitimate software.
What is a Trojan?
This protocol is primarily used to browse websites securely.
What is HTTPS?
The primary goal of a Red Team is to simulate this behaviour.
What are attackers (or threat actors)?
This type of software prevents known malicious files from running on a computer.
What is antivirus?
Bruce Power generates electricity using this type of energy source.
What is Nuclear Energy?
This type of malware encrypts files and demands payment for their release.
What is Ransomware?
This recon activity gathers information about a target without directly interacting with its systems.
What is passive reconnaissance?
This type of software collects and centralizes logs from many devices so analysts can investigate security events.
What is a SIEM?
Bruce Power's reactors are a Canadian design that use heavy water as a moderator.
What is a CANDU reactor?
Unlike a virus, this malware can self-replicate and spread without attaching itself to another file.
What is a worm?
This protocol securely allows administrators to remotely manage Linux systems from a terminal.
This term describes software designed to maintain unauthorized access to a system after it has been compromised.
What is a backdoor?
Attackers often try to erase or modify these records first because they can reveal what actions occurred on a compromised system.
What are Logs?
In a CANDU reactor, natural uranium can be used as fuel because this substance improves neutron efficiency.
What is heavy water (D₂O)?
This malware records keystrokes to steal passwords and other sensitive information.
What is a keylogger?
This protocol provides reliable, connection-oriented communication and powers most web traffic.
What is TCP?
This popular open-source framework is commonly used by penetration testers to develop and execute exploits.
What is Metasploit?
This process involves proactively searching for attackers that may have evaded automated security tools.
What is Threat Hunting?
Unlike most commercial reactor designs, CANDU reactors can be refueled while operating using this capability.
What is online refueling?
This malware is famous for targeting nuclear centrifuges, making it one of the first known cyber weapons to cause physical damage.
What is Stuxnet?
During a TCP three-way handshake, this packet is sent second.
What is SYN-ACK?
This attack technique allows an attacker to authenticate using a stolen password hash without knowing the actual password.
What is Pass-the-Hash?
Security analysts often compare files against these cryptographic values to quickly identify known malware.
What are File Hashes?