Cypat
The meaning of VM.
What is a Virtual Machine?
The command that puts you into global configuration mode from privileged exec mode.
What is "configure terminal"? ("conf t")
An email came
From “IT Support”
The link was blue
The trust was false
What is phishing?
This social media platform rebranded to a single letter and somehow lost brand recognition overnight.
What is Twitter (X)?
Linux is better than Windows.
What is yes? (Johnson was here)
The reason systems be regularly updated.
What is to protect against known vulnerabilities and security threats?
The command that selects an interface on a Cisco 1941 router.
What is "interface GigabitEthernet x/x"? ("in gx/x")
My files are locked
You cannot cope
Pay us now
Or lose all hope
What is ransomware?
This security company caused worldwide Windows crashes after pushing a bad update.
What is CrowdStrike?
This command changes file ownership, not permissions.
What is chown?
The year Roosevelt won CyberPatriot nationals.
What is 2020?
The command that checks the current IP address assigned to all interfaces on a Cisco router?
What is "show ip interface brief"?
Same password used
Again, again
The hacker logs in
Just like a friend
What is password reuse (credential stuffing)?
This cloud provider regularly “has issues” and reminds everyone why redundancy matters.
What is AWS?
This infamous command can instantly wipe a system if misused.
What is sudo rm -rf /?
The meaning of CIA in security.
What is confidentiality, integrity, and availability?
The command that saves the running configuration to the startup configuration so it persists after reboot.
What is...
"write memory" / "wr mem"
"copy running-config startup-config" / "copy run start"
I clicked a link
It looked just right
Now pop-ups dance
All day, all night
What is malware?
This airline once grounded flights because someone accidentally deleted a configuration file.
What is Southwest Airlines?
This command displays open files and which processes are using them.
What is lsof?
The CyberPatriot club member(s) with the most attendance recorded.
Who is Nathan Chin and Ezekiel Dayton?
The meaning of Cisco.
What is a freshwater whitefish of northern countries. Most species are migratory and are important food fishes?
What is Computer Information System Company?
The hacker snuck in
Through a friend’s open door
We blamed the computer
But the human slipped once more
What is social engineering?
This company took half the internet down in 2021 due to a bad DNS configuration change.
What is Facebook (Meta)?
This distribution’s package manager is rpm, not apt.
What is Red Hat (or CentOS)?