Fundamentals of cyber security UPDATED
Study Guide QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Blagging - CORRECT ANSWERS The act of creating and using an
invented scenario to engage a targeted victim in a manner that increases the
chance the victim will divulge information or perform actions that would be
unlikely in ordinary circumstances
Phishing - CORRECT ANSWERS A technique of fraudulently obtaining
private information by pretending to be a trustworthy entity in an electronic
communication often using email or SMS
Pharming - CORRECT ANSWERS A cyber attack intended to redirect
website's traffic to another, fake site
Shouldering - CORRECT ANSWERS Observing a person's private
information over their shoulder eg cash point machine PIN numbers
Social engineering - CORRECT ANSWERS An approach that people
use to gain security/financial information which relies on the people with the
information being duped into giving out the information
Computer virus - CORRECT ANSWERS A malware that when executed
replicates by reproducing itself or infecting other programs by modifying them
They commonly spread through emails- don't open an email if it looks
suspicious
Malware - CORRECT ANSWERS Malware is an umbrella term used to
refer to a variety of forms of hostile or intrusive software
Study Guide QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Blagging - CORRECT ANSWERS The act of creating and using an
invented scenario to engage a targeted victim in a manner that increases the
chance the victim will divulge information or perform actions that would be
unlikely in ordinary circumstances
Phishing - CORRECT ANSWERS A technique of fraudulently obtaining
private information by pretending to be a trustworthy entity in an electronic
communication often using email or SMS
Pharming - CORRECT ANSWERS A cyber attack intended to redirect
website's traffic to another, fake site
Shouldering - CORRECT ANSWERS Observing a person's private
information over their shoulder eg cash point machine PIN numbers
Social engineering - CORRECT ANSWERS An approach that people
use to gain security/financial information which relies on the people with the
information being duped into giving out the information
Computer virus - CORRECT ANSWERS A malware that when executed
replicates by reproducing itself or infecting other programs by modifying them
They commonly spread through emails- don't open an email if it looks
suspicious
Malware - CORRECT ANSWERS Malware is an umbrella term used to
refer to a variety of forms of hostile or intrusive software
