Exam 1: Introduction and Security Trends

The Code Red Worm spread to 350,000 computers in just over a week. It took just 14 hours.

There are three general reasons a particular computer system is attacked: It is specifically targeted by the attacker,it is a target of opportunity,or it is a target that was specified to be attacked by a larger criminal organization.

What is a port scan?

As the level of sophistication of attacks has increased,

Explain the steps in minimizing possible avenues of attack.

What is the most common threat to information security in an organization?

Hackers who are able to discover new vulnerabilities and write code to exploit them are known as _______________.

According to the Computer Crime and Security Survey,the four types of attacks that increased from 2007 to 2008 were

The second step an administrator can take in minimizing possible avenues of attack is _______________.

The message "Hacked by Chinese," was left by the

Fifty years ago,few people had access to a computer system or network,so securing them was a relatively easy matter.

Choose 3 security incidents from the last 20 or so years and state the significance of the incident.

_______________ are people who attack networks with a political purpose in mind.

What is an unstructured threat?

There are a number of different threats to security,including viruses and worms,intruders,insiders,criminal organizations,terrorists,and information warfare conducted by foreign countries.

As the level of sophistication of attacks _________,the level of knowledge necessary to exploit vulnerabilities decreased.

The first step an administrator can take to reduce possible attacks is to

The first worm to attack the Internet was the _______________.

When users are unable to access information or the systems processing information,you may have suffered a

What are the three different types of hackers and what are their technical abilities?