Question 1

What is Trojan.POSRAM in regard to Target's data breach?

Accepted Answer

A)   Employee sabotage
B)   Malware
C)   A virus
D)   A wormE) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

Black-market website programs reward researchers for finding vulnerabilities within their computer systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The chances of an organization having a data breach over the next two years is approximately ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   10 percent
B)   20 percent
C)   42 percent
D)   28 percentE) A) and C)
F) All of the above D

Question 4

Identify theft can (and does) happen to individuals, but it is not a worry or risk that corporations have.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What is a payload?

Accepted Answer

A)   Malicious software that blocks access to a system or data until money is paid to the attacker
B)   A generic name for any "evil software"
C)   A piece of code executed by a virus or a worm
D)   A program that gives an attacker remote control of your computerE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

Which of the following is likely the most common criminal attack on individuals?

Accepted Answer

A)   Bank account theft
B)   Credit card number theft
C)   Spoofing
D)   SpamE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 7

Sending packets with false IP source addresses is known as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   spear phishing
B)   sabotage
C)   IP address spoofing
D)   hackingE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 8

Penalties for hacking are significantly different if you are attempting to steal a million dollars or attempting to steal nothing of value.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Data breaches are rarely costly to a company.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Cookies are small text strings stored on your own personal computer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

________ are considered the most dangerous of all employees.

Accepted Answer

A)   Financial professionals
B)   IT security employees
C)   CEOs
D)   Data entry clerksE) A) and B)
F) A) and C) B

Question 12

Which of the following is FALSE about rootkits?

Accepted Answer

A)   Rootkits are seldom caught by ordinary antivirus programs.
B)   Rootkits take over the root account of a computer.
C)   Rootkits use a root account's privileges to hide themselves.
D)   Rootkits are typically less of a threat than are Trojan horses.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Indirect costs due to data breaches are estimated to be:

Accepted Answer

A)   $3.9 million per incident
B)   $150 million per year
C)   $10,000 per incident
D)   $190,000 per yearE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 14

Which of the following countries was NOT cited by the Foreign Economic Espionage in Cyberspace as being the most capable cyber actors actively engaged in economic espionage?

Accepted Answer

A)   China
B)   Russia
C)   Iran
D)   United StatesE) B) and C)
F) A) and D) D

Question 15

Russia, China, and Iran are quite active in cyberwar espionage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

A distributed denial-of-service attach is the most common type of DoS attack.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

More than 67 percent of data breaches come from hackers trying to make money.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In click fraud, a criminal website owner creates a program so cookies are automatically downloaded to the computer's hard drive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

________ is a sophisticated computer hack usually perpetrated by a large, well-funded organization.

Accepted Answer

A)   An APT
B)   A black-market websites
C)   A bug bounty
D)   CardingE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Which of the following companies experienced the largest data breach in history in 2016?

Accepted Answer

A)   Amazon
B)   Yahoo! Inc.
C)   First American Corp.
D)   FacebookE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Exam 1: The Threat Environment

What is Trojan.POSRAM in regard to Target's data breach?

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Black-market website programs reward researchers for finding vulnerabilities within their computer systems.

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The chances of an organization having a data breach over the next two years is approximately ________.

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Identify theft can (and does) happen to individuals, but it is not a worry or risk that corporations have.

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What is a payload?

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Which of the following is likely the most common criminal attack on individuals?

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Sending packets with false IP source addresses is known as ________.

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Penalties for hacking are significantly different if you are attempting to steal a million dollars or attempting to steal nothing of value.

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Data breaches are rarely costly to a company.

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Cookies are small text strings stored on your own personal computer.

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________ are considered the most dangerous of all employees.

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Which of the following is FALSE about rootkits?

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Indirect costs due to data breaches are estimated to be:

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Which of the following countries was NOT cited by the Foreign Economic Espionage in Cyberspace as being the most capable cyber actors actively engaged in economic espionage?

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Russia, China, and Iran are quite active in cyberwar espionage.

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A distributed denial-of-service attach is the most common type of DoS attack.

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More than 67 percent of data breaches come from hackers trying to make money.

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In click fraud, a criminal website owner creates a program so cookies are automatically downloaded to the computer's hard drive.

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________ is a sophisticated computer hack usually perpetrated by a large, well-funded organization.

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Which of the following companies experienced the largest data breach in history in 2016?

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