Cyber Security Fundamentals

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What is the motive behind most cybercrimes?

Showcasing skills and promoting political agendas

Financial gain and causing damage to reputation

Achieving military objectives and propagating religious beliefs

Disrupting regular business activity and critical infrastructure (correct)

Which type of hacker aims to disrupt large-scale computer networks to promote religious or political beliefs?

State-Sponsored Hackers

Gray-Hat Hackers

Hacktivists (correct)

Cyber Terrorists

What is the main tactic used in the Denial of Service (DOS) attack?

Consuming all of a server’s resources (correct)

Sending seemingly legitimate-looking emails

Rendering devices useless with malware

Sniffing data packets

What do Black-Hat hackers use to conduct malicious activities?

Fake identities (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which type of hacker works as a security analyst to detect and fix flaws and protect against malicious hackers?

White-Hat Hackers (C) Signup and view all the answers

What does the term CIA stand for in the context of Cyber Security?

Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of using authentication mechanisms in Cyber Security?

To verify that the user is who they claim to be (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of Cyber Security in relation to the CIA industry standard?

Protecting networks and devices from external threats (C) Signup and view all the answers

What do privacy, integrity, and availability refer to in the context of Cyber Security?

Standards for protecting data and systems (C) Signup and view all the answers

What are the three types of cyber crimes mentioned in the text?

Computer-assisted crimes, crimes where the computer itself is a target, and crimes where the computer is incidental to the crime (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of Cyber Security in relation to the CIA industry standard?

Ensuring networks and devices are protected from external threats (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of using authentication mechanisms in Cyber Security?

To prove the user is who he claims to be (B) Signup and view all the answers

What do privacy, integrity, and availability refer to in the context of Cyber Security?

Industry standard for Cyber Security (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main element of Cyber Security as mentioned in the text?

Use of authentication mechanisms (C) Signup and view all the answers

What are the three types of cyber crimes mentioned in the text?

Computer-assisted crimes, crimes where the computer itself is a target, and crimes where the computer is incidental to the crime (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary motive behind cybercrime according to the text?

To disrupt regular business activity and critical infrastructure (A) Signup and view all the answers

What type of hacker aims to secretly deface and disable websites to promote political agendas?

Hacktivist (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which type of cyber attack involves a hacker putting himself between a victim’s machine and a router to sniff data packets?

Man in the Middle Attack (A) Signup and view all the answers

What do Gray-Hat hackers do according to the text?

Work as legitimate security analysts (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main goal of state-sponsored hackers according to the text?

To penetrate government networks and damage information systems (B) Signup and view all the answers

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What is the motive behind most cybercrimes?

Which type of hacker aims to disrupt large-scale computer networks to promote religious or political beliefs?

What is the main tactic used in the Denial of Service (DOS) attack?

What do Black-Hat hackers use to conduct malicious activities?

Which type of hacker works as a security analyst to detect and fix flaws and protect against malicious hackers?

What does the term CIA stand for in the context of Cyber Security?

What is the main purpose of using authentication mechanisms in Cyber Security?

What is the primary focus of Cyber Security in relation to the CIA industry standard?

What do privacy, integrity, and availability refer to in the context of Cyber Security?

What are the three types of cyber crimes mentioned in the text?

What is the main focus of Cyber Security in relation to the CIA industry standard?

What is the primary purpose of using authentication mechanisms in Cyber Security?

What do privacy, integrity, and availability refer to in the context of Cyber Security?

What is the main element of Cyber Security as mentioned in the text?

What are the three types of cyber crimes mentioned in the text?

What is the primary motive behind cybercrime according to the text?

What type of hacker aims to secretly deface and disable websites to promote political agendas?

Which type of cyber attack involves a hacker putting himself between a victim’s machine and a router to sniff data packets?

What do Gray-Hat hackers do according to the text?

What is the main goal of state-sponsored hackers according to the text?

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