Cyber Malware
This type of malicious software can lock your files and demand payment.
What is ransomware?
In 2017, this ransomware attack spread worldwide, locking files and demanding Bitcoin payments.
What is WannaCry?
This device or software monitors and filters network traffic based on security rules.
What is a firewall?
This term describes information that should be protected from unauthorized access.
What is sensitive data?
This cybersecurity team focuses on defending an organization’s systems and responding to attacks.
What is a blue team?
This attack uses fake emails or websites to trick people into revealing sensitive information.
What is phishing?
In 2013, hackers stole payment card information from millions of customers of this major retailer.
What is the Target data breach?
This type of network allows users to access the internet through a wireless connection without using physical cables.
What is Wi-Fi?
This process converts readable information into an unreadable format that can be reversed with the correct key.
What is encryption?
This person uses technical skills to identify weaknesses in computer systems. The term can describe both malicious and authorized activity.
What is a hacker?
This malware disguises itself as legitimate software to trick users into installing it.
What is a Trojan Horse?
In 2021, a ransomware attack against this U.S. fuel pipeline operator caused fuel shortages and disruptions.
What is the Colonial Pipeline attack?
This technology encrypts internet traffic and can help protect your connection when using public Wi-Fi.
What is a VPN (virtual private network)?
This is a weakness in software or a system that attackers could exploit.
What is a vulnerability?
This field involves collecting and analyzing digital evidence from computers, phones, and other devices to investigate cybercrime.
What is digital forensics?
This type of attack overwhelms a server with traffic to make a service unavailable.
What is a denial-of-service (DoS) attack?
This hacking group, known for stealing and leaking large amounts of personal data, has been linked to major breaches involving companies such as AT&T.
Who are ShinyHunters?
This system monitors network traffic and alerts security teams to suspicious activity.
What is an intrusion detection system (IDS)?
This security goal ensures information is accurate and has not been improperly altered.
What is integrity?
This authorized security assessment involves simulating real-world attacks to find vulnerabilities before malicious hackers can exploit them.
What is penetration testing?
This attack secretly intercepts communications between two parties who believe they are communicating directly.
What is a man-in-the-middle attack?
In 2020, hackers compromised high-profile accounts on this social media platform to promote a Bitcoin scam.
What is the Twitter hack?
This security principle gives users only the permissions necessary to perform their jobs.
What is the principle of least privilege?
These are the three core principles of information security, often abbreviated CIA.
What are confidentiality, integrity, and availability?
This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute malicious database commands by inserting specially crafted input into an application's SQL query.
What is a SQL injection?