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1-Which of the following probably suffered the most financial damage from the Ta

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Question

1-Which of the following probably suffered the most financial damage from the Target breach?

banks

retailers other than Target

consumers

POS terminal vendors

2-The general name for malware on a user's PC that collects sensitive information and sends this information to an attacker is ________.

spyware

anti-privacy software

data mining software

keystroke loggers

3-The Target attackers probably first broke into Target using the credentials of a(n) ________.

Target IT employee

low-level Target employee

employee in a firm outside Target

Target security employee

4-Viruses most commonly spread from one computer to another ________.

by propagating directly by themselves

via e-mail

through obfuscation

all of the above

5-Users typically can eliminate a vulnerability in one of their programs by ________.

using an antivirus program

doing a zero-day installation

installing a patch

all of the above

6-Which of the following sometimes uses direct propagation between computers?

worms

downloaders

viruses

Trojan horses

7-Small malware programs that download larger malware programs are called ________.

stage-one programs

scouts

foothold programs

downloaders

8-The general name for a security flaw in a program is a ________.

virus

malware

security fault

vulnerability

9-Mobile code is another name for ________.

worm

virus

both A and B

neither A nor B

10-________ are full programs.

Worms

Viruses

both A and B

neither A nor B

banks

retailers other than Target

consumers

POS terminal vendors

Explanation / Answer

Answer:-

1) retailers other than Target

2) Spyware

3) employee in a firm outside Target

4) via E-mail

5) installing a patch

6) worms

7) downloaders

8)vulnerability

9) neither a nor b

10) worms