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Q. Once activated __________ can enable ____________to spy on the victim, steal their sensitive information & gain backdoor access to the system.

  • (A) Virus, Cyber-Criminals
  • (B) Malware, Penetration Testers
  • (C) Trojans, Cyber-Criminals
  • (D) Virus, Penetration Testers

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Q. During a DOS attack, the regular traffic on the target _____________ will be either dawdling down or entirely interrupted.

  • (A) Network
  • (B) System
  • (C) Website
  • (D) Router

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Q. The intent of a __________ is to overkill the targeted server’s bandwidth and other resources of the target website.

  • (A) Phishing attack
  • (B) DoS attack
  • (C) Website attack
  • (D) MiTM attack

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Q. In ________ some cyber-criminals redirect the legitimate users to different phishing sites and web pages via emails, IMs, ads and spyware.

  • (A) URL Redirection
  • (B) DOS
  • (C) Phishing
  • (D) MiTM attack

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Q. Trojan creators do not look for _______________.

  • (A) Credit card information
  • (B) Confidential data
  • (C) Important documents
  • (D) Securing systems with such programs

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Q. 1. When one participant in a communication pretends to be someone else, it is called _________?

  • (A) Virus Attacks
  • (B) Fire Attacks
  • (C) Data Driven Attacks
  • (D) Masquerade

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Q. ________ is a term used to describe a phishing attack that is specifically aimed at wealthy, powerful, or prominent individuals. Generally CEO’s and important celebrities.

  • (A) Message Authentication Code
  • (B) Steganography
  • (C) Whale phishing
  • (D) A cipher

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Q. Compromising confidential information comes under _________.

  • (A) Bug
  • (B) Threat
  • (C) Vulnerability
  • (D) Attack

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Q. When an attacker sends unsolicited communication, it is an example of_____.

  • (A) Spoofing
  • (B) Spamming
  • (C) Crackers
  • (D) Sniffers

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Q. Masquerading is _______.

  • (A) Attempting to hack a system through backdoors to an operating system or application.
  • (B) Pretending to be an authorized user
  • (C) Always done through IP spoofing
  • (D) Applying a subnet mask to an internal IP range

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