Name Dropping
The creator of HTML
When someone gains information from someone without the use of a computer
What is social engineering?
The creator of Ruby
Who is Yukihiro Matsumoto (aka 'Matz')
A type of injection security attack in which an attacker injects data, such as a malicious script, into content from otherwise trusted websites.
What is XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)?
The creator of JavaScript.
Who is Brendan Eich?
An attack in which multiple compromised computer systems attack a target, such as a server, website or other network resource, and cause a denial of service for users of the targeted resource.
What is a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)?
Two members of the Gang of Four
Who is Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides
A type of challenge-response system designed to differentiate humans from robotic software programs.
What is a CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart)?
The creators of Ethernet.
Who is Robert Metcalfe and David Boggs
A reconnaissance attack designed to uncover names, job titles and email addresses of potential victims, as well as information about their colleagues and the names of key employees in their organizations -- to be used in a later attack.
What is pre-phishing?