Exam 14: Information Security: Barbarians at the Gateway and Just About Everywhere Else

_____ can be either software-based or hardware, such as a recording "dongle" that is plugged in between a keyboard and a PC.

Viruses are programs that infect other software or files and require:

An attack on the US power grid by terrorists or a foreign power is indicative of:

Which of the following measures can a firm undertake to counter the threat of an SQL injection?

The virtual shutdown of websites by way of overloading them with seemingly legitimate requests sent simultaneously from thousands of machines is termed as _____ attacks.

Social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn form valuable sources of vital information that can be used to craft a scam by con artists.

A protester seeking to make a political point by leveraging technology tools, often through system infiltration, defacement, or damage is called a(n) _____.

Programs that deny the entry or exit of specific IP addresses, products, Internet domains, and other communication restrictions are known as:

The market for stolen data is stagnant and most hackers use stolen data like credit card numbers for personal use.

Which of the following statements holds true for the term spoof?

Which of the following best represents a method a social engineer might use to infiltrate a system?

Attacks that are so new that they have not been clearly identified, and so have not made it into security screening systems are called _____.

Cyber criminals who infiltrate systems and collect data for illegal resale are called cash-out fraudsters.

When using a public wireless network, using VPN software is not advisable as it can reveal your communications to any network eavesdroppers.

Hordes of surreptitiously infiltrated computers, linked and controlled remotely, are known as zombie networks or:

_____ are scrambled character images used to thwart things like automated account setup or ticket buying.

The e-mail password of a senior employee in an organization was compromised by someone looking over as the employee accessed his account. This is most likely a case of:

URL-shortening services such as bit.ly help expose the intention of phishing posts.

Almost all security breaches can be traced back to technology lapses; personnel or procedural factors rarely factor in.

Which weakness of Web sites to launch attacks does an SQL injection technique exploit?