Exam 1: The Threat Environment

________ may engage in commercial espionage against a firm.

One of the two characterizations of expert hackers is ________.

Trade secret theft can occur through interception, hacking, and other traditional cybercrimes.

To obtain IP addresses through reconnaissance, an attacker can use ________.

Which type of program can hide itself from normal inspection and detection?

________ are programs that attach themselves to legitimate programs.

Misappropriation of assets is an example of employee financial theft.

________ is form of online fraud when bogus clicks are performed to charge the advertiser without creating potential new customers.

Another name for safeguard is ________.

Following someone through a secure door for access without using an authorized ID card or pass code is called ________. (Choose the most specific answer.)

Detective countermeasures identify when a threat is attacking and especially when it is succeeding.

Sophisticated attacks often are difficult to identify amid the "noise" of many ________ attacks.

Some ________ can jump directly between computers without human intervention.

Nonmobile malware can be on webpages that users download.

Which of the following are types of countermeasures?

Many e-commerce companies will not ship to certain countries because of a high rate of consumer fraud. To get around this, attackers use ________.

Most traditional external hackers cause extensive damage or commit theft for money.

A program that gives the attacker remote access control of your computer is specifically called a ________.

In fraud, the perpetrator tries to obtain money or other goods by threatening to take actions that would be against the victim's interest.

Employees are very dangerous because they ________.