Cybersecurity Awareness Quiz

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Cybersecurity Awareness Quiz

Test your knowledge on essential cybersecurity concepts with our comprehensive quiz! This 25-question challenge covers a wide range of topics such as:

Security Principles (CIA)
Attack Stages and Tools
Types of Privilege Escalation
Common Cyber Threats
Session Hijacking Techniques

Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just starting in the cybersecurity field, this quiz is designed to enhance your understanding and identify areas for improvement.

25 Questions6 MinutesCreated by SecureGuard101

Which doesn't form CIA triangle's three fundamental pillars of security?

Confidentiality

Integrity

Information Technology

Availability

Which forms a TCP three way handshake when the connection is established?

SYN, SYN-ACK, ACK

FIN, ACK-FIN, ACK

FIN, ACK-ACK, ACK

SYN, SYN-SYN, ACK

Which forms a TCP three way handshake when the connection is terminated?

SYN, SYN-ACK, ACK

FIN, ACK-FIN, ACK

FIN, ACK-ACK, ACK

SYN, SYN-SYN, ACK

What is System Hacking?

Is the point at which an actual connection is made. It is the first true attack phase, breaking and entering by an attacker using the administrative connection or by an enumerated share.

Is the process of discovering each domain that is located within the LAN.

Is hiding a covert message within an overt message Security through obscurity

Is the discovering of open ports in network

What is a Dictionary attack?

Is using the list of commonly used passwords

Is focusing on dictionary

Is making sure that you have a dictionary all the time

Is using a dictionary to steal a computer

What is Vertical privilege escalation?

Acquiring administrative privileges

Acquiring access to another account's files

Sitting in a Vertical position while guessing passwords

Using a Vertical program to hack a machine

What is Horizontal privilege escalation?

acquiring administrative privileges

Acquiring access to another account's files

Sitting in a Horizontal position while guessing passwords

Using a Horizontal program to hack a machine

What does Ransomware do?

Requires one to by a machine

Locks your computer and demands payment to unlock it.

Demands money for passwords

Locks the computer

What does Tunneling virus do?

Tunnels the virus

Sends a virus to a machine

Actively alters and corrupts service call interruptions

Moves fast over the natwork

What does Macro virus do?

It goes undetected by anti-virus

It is distributed through USB's

Required a Macro money to be deleted

Infects Microsoft Office files

What is Piggybacking/Tailgating?

Following someone closely through a secure entrance

A transparent iframe in front of the URL

Modifying host configuration files or exploiting DNS

URL misspelled or similar to the actual domain name

What is Pharming?

Following someone closely through a secure entrance

Modifying host configuration files or exploiting DNS

URL misspelled or similar to the actual domain name

A transparent iframe in front of the URL

Phishing is when.......

A transparent iframe in front of the URL

you Follow someone closely through a secure entrance

URL misspelled or similar to the actual domain name

You modify host configuration files or exploiting DNS

What is Dumpster diving?

Looking for useful information in the trash

Following someone closely through a secure entrance

Modifying host configuration files or exploiting DNS

Is the cracking of passwords

What is the Denial of Service?

Looking for useful information in the trash

Modifying host configuration files or exploiting DNS

Is the cracking of passwords

Is a special type of attack that brings a system offline compromised or otherwise makes a host’s service unavailable to legitimate users.

What is spoofing?

Looking for useful information in the trash

Spoofing is an act of masquerading or impersonating as another user, whereas session hijacking tries to attack and take over an existing connection.

Is a special type of attack that brings a system offline compromised or otherwise makes a host’s service unavailable to legitimate users.

Modifying host configuration files or exploiting DNS

What is session Hijacking?

Modifying host configuration files or exploiting DNS

Is a special type of attack that brings a system offline compromised or otherwise makes a host’s service unavailable to legitimate users.

Looking for useful information in the trash

Session hijacking attacks can range differently from basic sniffing, to capture the traffic of an authenticated traffic between a client and server, to hijacking the established session to fool the server into thinking it has an authenticated session with the server.

What doesn't form part of session Hijacking steps?

The attacker must be able to track and intercept the traffic

The attacker must be able to desynchronize the connection

The attacker must be able to inject his traffic in place of the victim’s

The attacker must be able to touch a machine

Which is not a type of session hijacking?

Passive Session Hijacking

Active Session Hijacking

TCP Concepts

Malware session Hijacking

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