Test Your Cybercrime Knowledge

If you receive an email requesting a change in wiring instructions before a closing, what should you do?
Do exactly what the email says and proceed with the closing
Delete it, and then have some lunch. No one wants to conduct a closing on an empty stomach.
Call the sender of the email to immediately confirm if there are changes. Typically changes are not common and may indicate fraud.
What are cookies?
Circular desserts that come in a variety of flavors such as chocolate chip, peanut butter, and oatmeal raisin.
A small packet of information from a visited web server stored on your system by your computer’s browser.
Hackers that break into computer systems or networks without permission with the intent of doing damage.
Dave Coulier is a real estate agent in San Francisco. Unfortunately his email was hacked before a closing and Rebecca Donaldson is closing on her house. Help Rebecca spot Dave's real email address.
Davec0ulier@gmail.com
Davecoulier@gmail.com
Davecoulier@mail.com
What is phishing?
The act of catching a fish with a rod
Following the rock band Phish around the country
Sending an email to a user falsely claiming to be from a legitimate person or business in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering personal information.
Goliath National Bank sent you an email requesting that you update your account information immediately or they will need to suspend your account. What should you do?
Login to your account and update it. You are buying a house and can’t afford to have your account suspended and have your closing interrupted.
Reply to the email with your social security number as the subject line and your birthdate in the body and ask the bank to update it for you.
Delete the email. Legitimate banks and most other companies will never ask for your personal information via email and invoking a sense of urgency or fear is a common tactic used by phishers.
What is spoofing?
A magic trick
A type of scam where an intruder tries to access a user’s system or information by pretending to be the user.
When an intruder installs a malicious program code that attaches itself to other program files and can replicate itself and infect other systems
What are some things you can do to practice good cyber hygiene?
Keep antivirus software up-to-date
Don’t click suspicious links and use strong passwords
All of the above
You are protected on the Internet as long as you have a firewall set up.
True
False
If you think that you may have been the victim of a cyberattack what should you do?
Using a previously known phone number call the supposed sender of the email to authenticate the change request.
Notify the financial institutions, contact the local police, and file a complaint with the FBI.
All of the above
What is spear phishing?
Designing a security barrier to keep unwanted intruders outside a computer system or network
Catching an individual fish with a spear
An attack that focuses on a single user or department addressed from a legitimate looking person within the company in a position of trust requesting confidential information
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