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Systems software L1 Network threats Quiz
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- 1What is Phishing?A phishing email is one that tricks you into handing over sensitive or personal information (login details, bank details, etc.)
- 2What is Shoulder surfing?Shouldering involves direct observation of a user entering their security details
- 3What are Brute force attacks? (Passwords)In a brute force attack, a hacker may go through a list of different passwords until access to an account is gained
Alternatively, the attacker may try every combination of characters until the correct password is found - 4Tips on Setting a secure password?You should never include your name, DOB or personal details
Validation checks on a new password may specify that it must be:
between 10 and 15 characters (length check)
a mixture of numbers, lower and uppercase characters and symbols (format check)
Change default passwords - 5What are Viruses?A computer virus is one type of malware (malicious software) which is installed without your knowledge, with the purpose of doing harm
A virus is a program which infects (embeds itself in) other programs or data files
It is easily spread if a user innocently sends an infected file to someone else - 6What are Worms?A worm is another type of malware
It is a standalone program that does need to attach itself to an existing program in order to spread
It may scan the Internet looking for vulnerable computers to infect - 7Dangers of USB sticks?Criminals sometimes leave a USB stick contaminated with a virus lying, for example, in the car park of a company that they wish to infect with a virus or steal data from
- 8How can you minimize the risk of Viruses on Removable media?Scan all devices, never use a found device and disable the autorun facility for removable media
- 9What is Eavesdropping?“Eavesdropping” is used to intercept data packets as they move across networks
Packets are inspected for useful data that could be misused or sold - 10What is Digital stalking?Hackers can use your mobile device to access detailed information about your daily life
While you browse Facebook on your smartphone, someone could be tracking your every move, determining your GPS coordinates, the direction you are walking in and how fast you’re walking - 11Ideas to Protect your mobile phone?Use the password feature and choose a strong password
Do not follow links in suspicious emails
Think carefully before posting your mobile phone number on public websites
Don’t install apps without researching them first – if they require extra permissions, don’t install them
Delete all information stored on your mobile before discarding - 12What is a Denial of Service attack?A DoS attack attempts to flood a website server with an overwhelming number of data requests
It may
flood the victim’s site with spam emails (an “email bomb”) or
disrupt access to a victim’s website or entire geographical area by reconfiguring software to crash network sites - 13What is SQL injection?SQL is a database query language
SQL injection takes advantage of web input forms to access or destroy data
SQL commands can be input into web forms instead of the expected ‘real’ data
This can be interpreted by vulnerable web applications as an additional instruction to operate in the hacker’s favour - 14What is An Acceptable Use Policy ?An Acceptable Use Policy details strict guidelines about what is and is not acceptable behaviour on a network
All employees or students should be asked to read and sign this
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