Intro to Cyber Security

The process of recovering passwords from data that have been stored in or transmitted by a computer system, most often through brute-force or dictionary attacks is known as?

• password encryption
• password complexity
• password cracking

The attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes, indirectly, money) by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication is known as?

• Converting
• Hacking
• Phishing

What are access rights assigned to specific users and groups of users to control the ability of the users to view or make changes to system objects?

• Phishing
• Permissions
• Encryption

A malware program that, when executed, replicates by inserting copies of itself (possibly modified) into other computer programs, data files, or firmware is known as?

• Malware
• Virus
• Spoofing

What is software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge and that may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or that asserts control over a computer without the consumer's knowledge?

• Spyware
• Spoofing
• Trojan

Unsolicited electronic messages, especially advertising is know as?

• Spim
• Spam
• Ransomware

The informal code of positive conduct used whenever someone is connected to the Internet is the definition of

• Cyber Security
• Cyber Ethics
• Cyber Safety
• Cyber Space

The responsible rules and behaviors designed to keep individuals safe whenever connected to the Internet is the definition of

• Cyber Security
• Cyber Ethics
• Cyber Safety
• Cyber Space

Which username tells too much about the person?

• JoeBrown2008
• Goldfish23
• paperbag2222
• HappyZebra8

John figured out his teacher's password to her email account. What is the ethically correct thing for him to do?

• Tell the teacher so she may change it.
• Give the password to all the other students.
• Use the password to change his grades.
• Keep it to himself, if someone else figures out the password it is not his problem