Cybersecurity
Networking
IT Acronyms
Hardware & Software
Spooky Scary Stats
100

This type of attack tricks users into clicking malicious links in emails.

What is phishing?

100

This device connects multiple computers within the same network.

What is a switch?

100

HTML stands for this.

What is HyperText Markup Language?

100

This device is used to input letters and numbers.

What is a keyboard?

100

This 1978 movie helped launch the slasher film genre.

What is Halloween?

200

This type of software locks your files and demands money.

What is ransomware?

200

This unique string identifies a device on a network.

What is an IP address?

200

CPU stands for this.

What is Central Processing Unit?

200

This device displays visual output from a computer.

What is a monitor?

200

This 2014 video game has creepy animatronic characters stalk you while you manage a security booth (Overnight jobs am I right?).

What is Five Nights at Freddy’s

300

This adds an extra step to logins, usually involving your phone or a code.

What is multi-factor authentication (MFA)?

300

This protocol is used to transfer files over the internet.

What is FTP?

300

USB stands for this.

What is Universal Serial Bus?

300

This type of software controls hardware and manages system resources.

What is an operating system?

300

Originally, kids received these instead of candy (Too healthy for me).

What are fruits, nuts, or small toys?

400

This is the practice of disguising as a trustworthy source to manipulate people into revealing data.

What is social engineering?

400

This network type connects computers within a small area like an office.

What is a LAN (Local Area Network)?

400

This stands for Domain Name System.

What is DNS?

400

A removable storage device, also known as a flash drive.

What is a USB drive?

400

First world series game ever played on Halloween night in 2001, this player hit an iconic homerun right after the clock struck midnight. Earning the nickname "Mr. November."

Who is Derek Jeter.

500

This security measure encodes data so it cannot be read without a key.

What is encryption?

500

This device routes data between different networks.

What is a router?

500

This stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.

What is SMTP?

500

Software that runs on a server and handles backend tasks.

What is server-side software?

500

This group of immigrants helped popularize Halloween in America in the 1800s.

Who are the Irish?