Year 10 4.1

What is meant by the term DoS? Fill in the blank: ________ is an unauthorised disruption of access to a website, where attackers overload a network/machine and stop normal users from accessing it. Multiple requests made of a service consume resources of the target machine.

• Denial of service (DoS) attack

• Phishing scam

• SQL injection

• Man-in-the-middle attack

What is meant by the term Hacking? Fill in the blank: Hacking is where an individual looks for ________ in a computer system and tries to exploit them.

• weaknesses

• passwords

• viruses

• updates

Fill in the blank: A White hat Hacker is a hacker who has ________ to attack the system to find weaknesses.

• permission

• no reason

• malicious intent

• no knowledge

Fill in the blank: A Grey hat hacker hacks into a system for fun, to troll, or for personal satisfaction, just to prove you can do it. Grey hat purpose has no ________ intent. Grey hats can provide companies information on weaknesses. Grey hats are not employed by an organisation they are trying to hack.

• malicious

• legal

• financial

• official

Fill in the blank: A Black hat hacker has maliciously ________ data or intends to cause problems with the system. Unauthorised access.

• stolen

• protected

• shared

• encrypted

What is social engineering? Fill in the blank: Social engineering is the art of ________ people to get them to reveal confidential information.

• manipulating

• educating

• ignoring

• rewarding

Fill in the blank: Baiting is when criminals promise ________ to get the information they need, such as a login details.

• goods

• money

• jobs

• vacations

Fill in the blank: Phishing is using a copy of a website that looks real (usually banks) and sending people a link to the fake site with the hope that they will enter their ________.

• details

• location

• age

• favorite color

Fill in the blank: Pretexting is where someone tries to ________ some.

• convince

• ignore

• punish

• reward

What does 'Quid pro quo' mean in the context of digital security?

• It means 'something for something'. Usually where individuals offer to help fix software problems but then install malware or gain the user’s password. For example, an end-user receives an email requesting access to the IT system in exchange for a service to improve network speed.

• It refers to a type of encryption used to secure digital communications.

• It is a method of backing up data to prevent loss from cyber attacks.

• It describes a firewall rule that blocks all incoming traffic.