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Cybersecurity
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- 1Malicious executable code that can be attached to legitimate prgramsVirus
- 2Use of a generic fraudulent email that appears to be sent by a legitimate sourcePhishing
- 3Malware that carries out malicious operations while appearing to have a desired finctionTrojan Horse
- 4What is the primary goal of a DoS attacks?prevent target server from handling additional requests
- 5How can malware be concealed?email is sent with an antivirus update, but is spyware.
- 6in what ways are zombies used in security attacks?they are infected machines that can carry out DDoS attacks
- 7Two characteristics of a worm:self-replicating
travels to new computers without any intervention or knowledge of the user - 8Which type of attacks allows the user to use a brute force approach?password cracking
- 9What is the purpose of a rootkit?to prevent the target server from being able to handle additional requests
- 10Which type of memory requires constant refreshing?Dynamic
- 11The combination of the BIOS chip and software is often referred to as _____.firmware
- 12Primary storage is also referred to as ____.RAM
- 13The _____ is responsible for setting and storing the computer's correct time and date.BIOS
- 14The acronym USB represents _____.Universal Serial Bus
- 15A byte contains ____ bits.eight
- 16The brain of the computer system is the ______.CPU
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- FlashCards sobre Cybersecurity , criado por Antonie Aure em 06-12-2018.
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