Security Threats

which of the following are consider physical security risks?

• Hardware theft
• password cracking
• phishing
• cooking

what is the name of an application that appears to look like a helpful application but instead does harm to your computer?

• virus
• worm
• malware
• Trojan horse

someone was recently caught sifting through your company's trash looking for confidential information. what is this an example of?

• trash snooping
• Dumpster diving
• phishing
• social engineering

IT security recently found a program on your co-worker's computer that apparently tracked all of the words that they typed into the computer. what kind of malware is this?

• Keylogger 
• keyblogger
• trojan horse
• keystroke virus

what is it called when a co-worker sitting next to you always seems to look your way when you try to enter your user ID and password to log onto the network?

• phishing
• social engineering
• Shoulder surfing
• coincidence

Rose just installed a new search engine on her laptop.now whenever she searches the internet, she gets several pop-up windows directing her to buy products.what does rose have?

• ransomware
• spyware
• Adware
• trojan horse

The system administrator in your office quits unexpectedly in the middle of the day. it's quickly apparent that he changed the server password and no one knows what is it. what might you do in this type of situation?

• use a trojan horse to find the password
• Use a password cracker to find the password
• use social engineering to find the password
• delete and reinstall the server

Which of the following operating systems are susceptible to viruses?

• windows
• windows, and mac OS X
• windows, and mac OS X,and linux
• Windows, and mac OS X,and linux, and android

A virus that covers itself in protective code, making it harder to find a iradicate, is called what?

• stealth virus
• polymorphic virus
• Armored virus
• trojan horse

You were browsing the web on a questionable website, and now you get a pop-up window stating that if you do not pay $100 within one hour, all files on your computer will be destroyed.what is this an example of?

• heistware
• theftware
• extortionware
• Ransomware