Master the World of Cyber Threats

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Which type of attack helps cyber criminals find open ports and determine if active security devices like firewalls are being used?

  • Port scan attack (correct)
  • Browser-in-the-browser
  • Virus infection
  • Unprotected share

What is the purpose of a browser-in-the-browser phishing scam?

  • To steal sensitive user information (correct)
  • To infect machines with a virus
  • To connect to unprotected shares
  • To attack computer systems with hoaxes

What does a virus do to infected machines?

  • Simulate a web browser window
  • Connect to unprotected shares
  • Infect certain common executable or script files (correct)
  • Perform a port scan attack

What is an unprotected share?

<p>A mechanism that allows a user to connect to file systems and printers on other systems (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a devious approach to attacking computer systems involving a virus hoax?

<p>Transmission of a virus hoax with a real virus attached (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: A port scan attack helps cyber criminals find open ports and determine if active security devices like firewalls are being used by an organization.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Browser-in-the-browser is a type of phishing scam where sensitive user information is stolen by simulating a web browser window within a web browser.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: A virus infects certain common executable or script files on all computers it can write to, causing infection.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: An unprotected share is a mechanism that allows any user to connect to file systems and printers on other systems.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: A virus hoax involves the transmission of a real virus attached to a message pretending to be a virus warning.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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