 The Threat Landscape

Started on Tuesday, 28 January 2020, 4:07 PM

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Question 1 Attacking systems by exploiting otherwise unknown and unpatched vulnerabilities is also known as:
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Zero-day exploits 

Secret sauce

First-day exploits

Phishing

Question 2 What are the primary motivations of the “Hacktivist”?

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Food, wine, and gambling

Political, social, or moral disagreements 

The cost of commercial software and support

The appreciation of their country’s leaders

Question 3 What central component is necessary to form a botnet?

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Command & Control (C&C) Server 

Transformer

DNS server

Ethernet switch

Question 4 What is it called when a fraudulent email masquerades as a legitimate communication in an attempt to get a user to reveal sensitive
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Harpooning

Phishing 

Baselining

Trolling
Question 5 What is the goal of the “Cyber Terrorist”?
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Peace through understanding

Intimidation through disruption and damage 

Stable world markets

Adoption of Bitcoin as a primary national currency

Question 6 What is the motivation of the bad actor known as the “Explorer”?
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Food

Money

Notoriety 

Ideology

Question 7 What is the motivation of the “Cyber Terrorist”?

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Compassion

Ideology 

Fortune

Fame

Question 8 What is the motive of the “Cyber Criminal”?

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Ideology

Money 

Intimidation

Fame

Question 9 What is the name of the malware that takes over a computer system and holds hostage the disk drives or other data?
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Phishingware

Ransomware 

Scareware

Kidnapware

Question 10 What is the primary motivation of the “Cyber Warrior”?

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Fame

The adoption of Bitcoin as a national currency

The political interest of their country’s government 

Money