Threat Landscape
Malicious software that holds a victim's digital files hostage until a payment is made
What is Ransomware?
Once the FBI's most wanted cybercriminal, this "Ghost in the Wires" famously breached major telecom firms in the '80s and '90s before transitioning into a celebrated ethical security consultant
Who is Kevin Mitnick?
This basic form of malicious software secretly monitors a user's web activity and captures typing inputs to steal passwords and financial data
What is Spyware?
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What is Keylogger?
T/F: Availability is part of the CIA triad
What is True?
This colloquial name is given to hackers who use their skills legally to find flaws and strengthen defense systems
What are White Hats?
This uses deceptive messages or fraudulent links to lure victims into revealing private login data
What is Phishing?
Best known by his alias "The Mentor," this member of the Legion of Doom group authored the legendary 1986 essay "The Hacker Manifesto" following his arrest
Who is Loyd Blankenship?
Virus that is able to replicate itself without user activation
What is a Worm?
To apply or maintain permissions to prevent an account from getting information they are not authorized to see while making the information available to those who are authorized
What is Access Control?
The manipulation technique that exploits human trust or error to trick victims into giving up confidential information without using any code
What is Social Engineering?
An overwhelming cyber attack where multiple compromised computer systems flood a target network, forcing it offline
What is a Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack?
This decentralized, leaderless international hacktivist collective uses a stylized Guy Fawkes mask as its primary visual symbol
What is Anonymous?
A network of infected computers, often called "zombies," controlled remotely by a hacker to launch massive coordinated attacks
What is a Botnet?
Functional managers classify data and grant approval to those whose jobs require access to the information
Who are Data Managers?
A malicious program that disguises itself as legitimate software but secretly delivers malware payloads when executed
What is a Trojan Horse?
A malicious variant of a phishing attack tailored specifically to target a single, high-profile individual or organization
What is spear phishing?
This Scottish systems administrator famously infiltrated 97 separate U.S. military and NASA networks in 2001 under the claim that he was looking for classified evidence of UFOs
Who is Gary McKinnon?
This specialized malware is designed to hide deep inside an operating system, granting hackers administrative access while completely hiding its own presence from antivirus tools
What is a Rootkit?
As a result of the VA breach in 2006 where PII of over a million veterans was lost, it is now a requirement to delete all sensitive data extracts on individual computers after this number of days
What is 90 days?
The physical security breach where an unauthorized individual closely follows an employee through a secure door or turnstile without scanning a badge
What is Tailgating?
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What is Piggybacking?
This type of risk is posed to an organization by its own current or former employees who abuse their internal system permissions
What is an Insider Threat?
This group of hackers have been "rooting your systems since '19 ;)", and they have recently caused a global havoc on schools and universities, putting a pause on final exams here at UTSA
Who are Shiny Hunters?
A type of hidden malicious code that lies dormant inside a system until it is triggered by a specific condition, such as a particular date or an employee being fired
What is a Logic Bomb?
This word or phrase verifies that you and only you had access to the account
What is a Password?
This type of security gap is an unpatched vulnerability unknown to the software developer, leaving a window open for immediate exploit
What is a Zero-Day Vulnerability?