Exam 1: The Threat Environment

Preventative countermeasures keep attacks from succeeding.

Rootkits replace legitimate programs and are considered a deeper threat than a set of programs called Trojan horses.

Threat environment consists of the types of attackers and attacks that companies face.

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

Penalties for hacking are ________.

Botnets usually have multiple owners over time.

________ is the destruction of hardware, software, or data.

In pretexting, an attacker calls claiming to be a certain person in order to ask for private information about that person.

When a threat succeeds in causing harm to a business, this is a(n) ________.

Stealing credit card numbers is also known as ________.

Countries would engage in cyberwar ________.

Most countermeasure controls are preventative controls.

________ is a generic term for "evil software."

The definition of hacking is "accessing a computer resource without authorization or in excess of authorization."

The fastest propagation occurs with some types of ________.

Detective countermeasures keep attacks from succeeding.

If an attacker breaks into a corporate database and deletes critical files, this is a attack against the ________ security goal.

Cyberwar consists of computer-based attacks conducted by ________.

Prosecuting attackers in other countries is relatively straightforward under existing computer crime laws.

Which of the following is a type of countermeasure?