Cybersecurity Flashcard

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What percentage of the world use one or more social media platforms?

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59 percent

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Due to social media becoming an essential marketing tool for modern businesses, using social networks also opens up the threat of

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increases a business’s financial risk of social engineering attacks

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How can social media platforms increase a business' attack surface?

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By displaying internal information or employee contacts that cybercriminals can use to execute phishing attacks, credential theft, data theft, or other scams.

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What is considered an example of when cybercriminals target social media? Options: Create fake accounts to trick unsuspecting users into providing personal information or attempt to access credentials by persuading users to click links that download malicious content. Create real accounts to trick unsuspecting users into providing personal information or attempt to access credentials by persuading users to click links that download malicious content. Create real accounts to trick unsuspecting users into providing company information or attempt to access credentials by persuading users to click links that upload malicious content. Create fake accounts to trick suspecting users into providing personal information or help safeguard credentials by persuading users to click links that download malicious content.

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Create fake accounts to trick unsuspecting users into providing personal information or attempt to access credentials by persuading users to click links that download malicious content.

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What are potential threats of oversharing? Whaling attacks, Spoofing, Spear Phishing attacks, Cyber Security Risk, Spoofing, Spear Phishing attacks, Cybercriminals, Spoofing, Cyber Security, Spear phishing, Online Threats, Whaling attacks

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Whaling attacks, Spoofing, Spear Phishing attacks

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What example below represents how social media connections can pose another cybersecurity risk because user engagement exposes relationships useful to cybercriminals attempting fraudulent activity, such as phishing, spoofing, and impersonation? Options: Whaling attacks, Spoofing, Spear Phishing attacks; Likes, shares, comments; Spoofing, shares, impersonation; Comments, likes, Spear phishing attacks

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Likes, shares, comments

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Online psychological tests may initially seem harmless, but even those not maliciously designed still collect personal information, such as maiden names and first pet names. Personal preferences are not exempt either, and they're frequently examples of security questions commonly used for password and account recovery. This is an example of ________________________?

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Data Aggregation

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Having the convenience of connecting to social media with a single tap, allows dedicated cybercriminals or opportunists to gain access to other people’s social media accounts without __________________________.

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Requiring authentication

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What information does posting on social media reveal more than many users realize?

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Gender and date of birth of user

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True or False: In today's time, social media has become a business necessity for trust, visibility, customer reviews, research and comparison purposes, or the ability to directly contact the business itself.

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True