Types of Cyber Attacks
Security Concepts
Cyber. Practices
Pop Culture
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This attack targets applications by injecting code directly into an application’s memory.

Memory Injection

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This principle suggests that users should only have the permissions necessary to perform their job.

Principle of Least Privilege

100

In cybersecurity, the three core principles that protect data are known as this triad.

CIA Triad

100

“You’re gonna need a bigger boat” is an iconic quote from which 1975 movie?

Jaws


200

In this type of attack, hackers exploit session cookies to impersonate a user.

Replay Attack

200

These types of passwords help prevent privilege escalation by being harder to guess

Strong Passwords

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What is a technique used to manipulate people into revealing sensitive information?

Social engineering

200

Who has the most Instagram Followers?

Ronaldo


300

An attack where malicious code is hidden in a software update file

Malicious Update Attack

300

The type of escalation when an attacker accesses functions belonging to another user with the same privilege level

Horizontal Escalation

300

What is a vulnerability that is unknown to the software vendor?

Zero-day exploit

300

What is my Dogs name?

Duke


400

This attack is an attempt to access files in directories above the application's base directory.

Directory Traversal Attack

400

A method of securing data by encoding it in a way that only authorized parties can read it.

Encryption

400

Regularly monitoring logs is a security measure to detect unusual activity that could indicate this.

Security Breach

400

What brand hoodie is Mr. Cassell wearing?

Carharrt

500

This type of attack involves accessing higher privilege levels, like an admin account, without permission

Privilege Escalation

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The term for when code is inserted into a web app's data to manipulate outputs.

Injection Attack

500

Programming languages like Python and Java help defend against this type of attack because of their built-in controls.

Overflow Attacks

500

What is Mr. Cassell's Middle name?

Timothy