Correct : B. a tool used to quickly check computers on a network for known weaknesses.
2. A packet sniffer is
Correct : C. an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network.
3. These hacker breaks security for altruistic or at least non-malicious reasons.
Correct : A. White hat
4. This hacker is a hacker of ambiguous ethics and/or borderline legality, often frankly admitted.
Correct : B. Grey hat
5. This hacker is someone outside computer security consulting firms that are used to bug test a system prior to its launch, looking for exploits so they can be closed.
Correct : C. Blue hat
6. It is a software program designed to record (‘log’) every keystroke on the machine on which it runs
Correct : A. Keylogger
7. It is a self-replicating program that infects computer and spreads by inserting copies of itself into other executable code or documents.
Correct : C. Virus
8. Like a virus, it is also a self-replicating program. The difference between a virus and it is that a worm does not create copies of itself on one system: it propagates through computer networks.
Correct : B. Worm
9. Viruses that fool a user into downloading and/or executing them by pretending to be useful applications are also sometimes called?
Correct : A. Trojan horses
10. These are program designed as to seem to being or be doing one thing, but actually being or doing another.
Correct : A. Trojan horses
11. It is a toolkit for hiding the fact that a computer’s security has been compromised, is a general description of a set of programs which work to subvert control of an operating system from its legitimate (in accordance with established rules) operators.
Correct : A. Rootkit
12. Packet Sniffer is
Correct : A. an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network.
13. Rootkit is
Correct : B. a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access.
14. Spoofing attack is
Correct : C. a toolkit for hiding the fact that a computer’s security has been compromised, is a general description of a set of programs which work to subvert control of an operating system from its legitimate (in accordance with established rules) operators.
15. Security exploit is
Correct : A. a prepared application that takes advantage of a known weakness.
16. A spoofing attack is
Correct : D. a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access.
17. White hat is
Correct : A. hacker breaks security for altruistic or at least non-malicious reasons.
18. Grey hat is
Correct : B. hacker of ambiguous ethics and/or borderline legality, often frankly admitted.
19. Blue hat is
Correct : C. someone outside computer security consulting firms that are used to bug test a system prior to its launch, looking for exploits so they can be clos
20. Black hat is
Correct : A. someone who subverts computer security without authorization or who uses technology (usually a computer or the Internet) for terrorism, vandalism (malicious destruction), credit card fraud, identity theft, intellectual property theft, or many other types of crime.
21. Script kiddie is
Correct : B. a person, usually not an expert in computer security, who breaks into computer systems by using pre- packaged automated tools written by others.
22. Hacktivism is
Correct : C. hacker who utilizes technology to announce a political message.
23. It is a prepared application that takes advantage of a known weakness.
Correct : A. security exploit
24. It is a tool used to quickly check computers on a network for known weaknesses.
Correct : B. vulnerability scanner
25. It is an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network.
Correct : C. packet sniffer
26. It is a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access.