Exam 9: Securing Your System: Protecting Your Digital Data and Devices

During the process of ________, the antivirus software records key attributes about the files on your computer and keeps these statistics in a safe place on your hard drive.

Social ________ is any technique that uses social skills to generate human interaction that entices individuals to reveal sensitive information.

Which of the following is formally defined as any criminal action perpetrated primarily through the use of a computer?

A(n)________ virus runs a program that searches for common data files, compresses them, and makes them unusable.

Social ________ is any technique that uses social skills to generate human interaction that entices individuals to reveal sensitive information.

A macro virus is a virus that is attached to a file such as a Word document or Excel workbook.

A time bomb virus can be triggered on a certain date.

A zombie is another person's computer controlled by a hacker.

With regard to computer protection, quarantining is defined as ________.

A(n)________ is composed of software programs known as bots, which run autonomously on a large number of zombie computers.

________ viruses are often transmitted by a flash drive left in a USB port.

A stealth virus is designed to infect multiple file types to fool the antivirus software.

A(n)________-hat hacker illegally penetrates a system simply to demonstrate the hacker's expertise to the system administrator.

All of the following were top cybercrimes reported to the IC3 in 2013 EXCEPT ________.

FBI-related scams involve ________.

Spyware programs that monitor keystrokes with the intent of stealing passwords, login IDs, or credit card information are referred to as ________.

A(n)________ virus temporarily erases its code from the files where it resides, and then hides in the active memory of the computer.

A(n)________ virus is a series of commands that is executed without your knowledge.