Cyber Security Threats
Übersicht
The most effective way into a secure system has never been to defeat its encryption. It is to telephone somebody who works there, sound convincing, and ask. That is not a joke about human weakness; it is a description of how a large proportion of real breaches happen, and it is why the specification begins its list of threats with social engineering rather than with anything technical.
This lesson covers the six threats the specification names, then goes into detail on the two it expands: the four forms of social engineering, blagging, phishing, pharming and shouldering, and the four forms of malware, virus, trojan, spyware and adware. You will learn what each one actually is, how they differ from the ones they are confused with, and how organisations find their own weaknesses before somebody else does, through penetration testing.
Ziele
- Understand and be able to explain the following cyber security threats:
- social engineering techniques
- malicious code
- weak and default passwords
- misconfigured access rights
- removable media
- unpatched and/or outdated software.
- Explain what penetration testing is and what it is used for.
- Define the term social engineering.
- Describe what social engineering is and how it can be protected against.
- Explain the following forms of social engineering:
- blagging (pretexting)
- phishing
- pharming
- shouldering (or shoulder surfing).
- Define the term ‘malware’.
- Describe what malware is and how it can be protected against. Describe the following forms of malware:
- computer virus
- trojan
- spyware
- adware.
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- What is social engineering? A. Designing a computer network for a group of people B. The art of manipulating people so they give up confidential information C. Software that displays unwanted advertising D. A method of encrypting data before sending it Answer: B
- A user types their bank's correct web address and is taken to a convincing fake site. Which threat is this? A. Phishing B. Blagging C. Pharming D. Shouldering Answer: C
- Which form of malware is installed willingly by the user because it is disguised as something desirable? A. Computer virus B. Trojan C. Spyware D. Adware Answer: B
- Which of these is NOT one of the six threats named in the specification? A. Removable media B. Misconfigured access rights C. Unpatched software D. Power failure Answer: D
- A white-box penetration test is designed to simulate which kind of attacker? A. A malicious insider B. An external hacker with no knowledge of the system C. A piece of automated malware D. A careless employee Answer: A
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