Cybersecurity Jeopardy

CYBER LINGO

100

This is the term used for unsolicited email messages, often for advertising.

What is spam?

200

This is a deceptive attempt to obtain sensitive information via email.

What is phishing?

300

This is software designed to block unauthorized access to computers or networks.

What is a firewall?

400

This type of malware demands payment to restore access to data.

What is ransomware?

500

This type of attack occurs when attackers overload a system with traffic to make it unavailable.

What is a DDos attack?

HACKING HISTORY

100

This is the decade when the first computer virus appeared.

What are the 1980's.

200

In 2014, this major company suffered a huge hack, exposing employee and movie data.

What is Sony Pictures?

300

The Equifax data breach that exposed 147 million people's data occurred in this year.

What is 2017?

400

In 2014 this is the major retailer from which hackers stole sensitive data affecting millions of credit and debit cards.

What is Home Depot?

500

In 2018, hackers breached the guest reservation database of this popular hotel chain affecting around 500 million customers.

What is Marriott?

STAY SAFE ONLINE

100

This is a quick way to make sure your apps stay protected from known vulnerabilities.

What is keep them updated?

200

This type of network you should avoid joining when shopping or banking online.

What is public Wi-Fi?

300

This simple action should be taken before clicking on links in emails to prevent a phishing attack.

What is hover over the link to preview it?

400

This tool assists in remembering complex passwords without writing them down.

What is a password manager?

500

Dong this when creating a new online account make it more secure.

What is create a strong, unique password?

RECOGNIZING SCAMS

100

​This is the action you should take if an email says you’ve won a prize but you didn’t enter a contest.​

What is mark it as spam and delete it.

200

​This small mistake in a scam email can often give away that it’s fake.​

What is spelling or grammatical errors?

300

​​This is the act of tricking or manipulating people to reveal private or sensitive information.​​

What is social engineering?

400

A person calling you pretending to be from your bank to steal your personal info is an example of this type of social engineering.

What is vishing?

500

You get a text claiming you’ve won a $500 gift card, and it asks you to click a link to claim your prize is an example of this type of social engineering attack.

What is smishing?

CYBER ACRONYMS

100

This is what VPN stands for.

What is Virtual Private Network.

200

This is what MFA stands for.

What is Multi-Factor Authentication?

300

This is what DDos stands for.

What is Distributed Denial of Service?

400

This is what GDPR stands for.

What is General Data Protection Regulation?

500

This is what IoT stands for.

What is the Internet Of Things.