Quiz 1 - Malicious Software

available and that people can access it

not accessible by unwanted parties

accessible anonymously

accurate and was not tampered with

available and that people can access it

not accessible by unwanted parties

trhuthful and honest

accurate and was not tampered with

available to anyone from anywhere

not accessible by unwanted parties

available and people can access it

accurate and was not tampered with

An exploit takes advantages of a vulnerability to run arbitrary code or gain access

A vulnerability takes advantages of an exploit to run arbitrary code or gain access

They're unrelated

An exploit creates a vulnerability in a system

They don't cause any harm to the target system.

They're self-replicating and self-propagating.

They're undetectable by antimalware software.

They infect other files with malicious code.

Adware

Worms

Key Generators

Viruses

Provides elevated credentials

Is harmless

is difficult to detect

Is destructive

An attacker can destroy data at rest

An attacker can modify traffic in transit

An attacker can eavesdrop on unencrypted traffic

An attacker can block or redirect traffic

It allows an attacker to redirect targets to malicious webservers

It allows an attacker to remotely control your computer

Errr...it's not actually dangerous

It affects any clients querying the poisoned DNS server

Attack traffic comes from lots of different hosts

This type of attack causes a significant loss of data

Attack traffic is encrypted

An attacker sends attack traffic directly to the target