L3 - Script Kiddies

Define the term hacking.

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

If someone is gaining unauthorised access to control a computer system who might they be?

• Someone from the cybersecurity team.

• Hacker

Which of these is not a form of hacking?

• Logging onto a facebook account without permission

• Using an unlocked computer which is not your own

• Sending a message to a friend from your own account

• Looking over peoples shoulders to find their password

Why would an identity thief most likely want to steal your information?

• To be your friend on social media

• To be your friend on social media

• To help you with your homework

• To access your bank accounts, credit cards, and other financial resources.

True or False

Script kiddies are hackers who use tools downloaded from the internet that allow them to hack with little technical knowledge.

• True

• False

This is done by flooding the targeted machine or website with lots of requests in an attempt to overload the system.

• Distributed denial of service attack (DDoS)

  
  

• Denial of service attack (DoS)

Which form of attack makes multiple attempts to discover something (such as a password).

• Denial of service attack (DoS)

  
  

• The Computer Misuse Act

• Brute force attack

• Script kiddies