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ACC3303 Exam 3 Questions And Answers
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Bluesnarfing - Answer✔Stealing (snarfing) contact lists, images, and other data using flaws in
Bluetooth applications.
Buffer overflow attack - Answer✔Inputting so much data that the input buffer overflows. The
overflow contains code that takes control of the computer.
Chipping - Answer✔Planting a chip that records transaction data in a legitimate credit card
reader.
Denial-of-service attack - Answer✔An attack designed to make computer resources unavailable
to its users. For example, sending so many e-mail messages that the Internet service provider's
e-mail server is overloaded and shuts down.
Evil twin - Answer✔A wireless network with the same name as another wireless access point.
Users unknowingly connect to the evil twin; hackers monitor the traffic looking for useful
information.
Keylogger - Answer✔Using spyware to record a user's keystrokes.
Lebanese Looping - Answer✔Inserting a sleeve into an ATM that prevents it from ejecting the
card. The perpetrator pretends to help the victim, tricking the person into entering the PIN
again. Once the victim gives up and leaves, the thief removes the card and uses it and the PIN
to withdraw money.
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Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack- - Answer✔A hacker placing himself between a client and a
host to intercept network traffic; also called session hijacking.
Packet sniffers - Answer✔Inspecting information packets as they travel across computer
networks.
Phishing - Answer✔Communications that request recipients to disclose confidential information
by responding to an e-mail or visiting a website
Piggybacking - Answer✔1. Clandestine use of someone's Wi-Fi network.2. Tapping into a
communications line and entering a system by latching onto a legitimate user.3. Bypassing
physical security controls by entering a secure door when an authorized person opens it.
Ransomware - Answer✔Software that encrypts programs and data until a ransom is paid to
remove it.
Rootkit - Answer✔A means of concealing system components and malware from the operating
system and other programs; can also modify the operating system.
Round-down fraud - Answer✔Truncating interest calculations at two decimal places and placing
truncated amounts in the perpetrator's account.
salami technique - Answer✔Stealing tiny slices of money over time.
Shoulder surfing - Answer✔When perpetrators look over a person's shoulders in a public place
to get information such as ATM PIN numbers or user IDs and passwords.
Skimming- - Answer✔Double-swiping a credit card in a legitimate terminal or covertly swiping a
credit card in a small, hidden, handheld card reader that records credit card data for later use.
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Social engineering - Answer✔Techniques that trick a person into disclosing confidential
information.
Spoofing - Answer✔Altering some part of an electronic communication to make it look as if
someone else sent the communication to gain the trust of the recipient. Many things are
spoofed, such as email addresses, caller IDs, IP addresses, address resolution protocols, SMS
messages, web pages, and domain name systems.
Steganoghrapy - Answer✔Concealing data within a large MP3 or other file (often image files).
SQL insertion (injection) - Answer✔Inserting a malicious SQL query such that it is passed to and
executed by an application program.
Trojan horse - Answer✔Unauthorized code in an authorized and properly functioning program.
Typosquatting/URL hijacking - Answer✔Websites with names similar to real websites; users
making typographical errors are sent to a site filled with malware.
Virus - Answer✔Executable code that attaches itself to software, replicates itself, and spreads
to other systems or files. When triggered, it makes unauthorized alterations to the way a
system operates.
Worm - Answer✔Similar to a virus; a program rather than a code segment hidden in a host
program. Actively transmits itself to other systems. It usually does not live long but is quite
destructive while alive.
XSS Attack - Answer✔Cross -site scripting) A vulnerability in dynamic web pages that allows an
attacker to bypass a browser's security mechanisms and instruct the victim's browser to
execute code, thinking it came from the desired website. (Malicious code embedded in a Web
link.)
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ACC3303 Exam 3 Questions And Answers
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Bluesnarfing - Answer✔Stealing (snarfing) contact lists, images, and other data using flaws in
Bluetooth applications.
Buffer overflow attack - Answer✔Inputting so much data that the input buffer overflows. The
overflow contains code that takes control of the computer.
Chipping - Answer✔Planting a chip that records transaction data in a legitimate credit card
reader.
Denial-of-service attack - Answer✔An attack designed to make computer resources unavailable
to its users. For example, sending so many e-mail messages that the Internet service provider's
e-mail server is overloaded and shuts down.
Evil twin - Answer✔A wireless network with the same name as another wireless access point.
Users unknowingly connect to the evil twin; hackers monitor the traffic looking for useful
information.
Keylogger - Answer✔Using spyware to record a user's keystrokes.
Lebanese Looping - Answer✔Inserting a sleeve into an ATM that prevents it from ejecting the
card. The perpetrator pretends to help the victim, tricking the person into entering the PIN
again. Once the victim gives up and leaves, the thief removes the card and uses it and the PIN
to withdraw money.
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Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack- - Answer✔A hacker placing himself between a client and a
host to intercept network traffic; also called session hijacking.
Packet sniffers - Answer✔Inspecting information packets as they travel across computer
networks.
Phishing - Answer✔Communications that request recipients to disclose confidential information
by responding to an e-mail or visiting a website
Piggybacking - Answer✔1. Clandestine use of someone's Wi-Fi network.2. Tapping into a
communications line and entering a system by latching onto a legitimate user.3. Bypassing
physical security controls by entering a secure door when an authorized person opens it.
Ransomware - Answer✔Software that encrypts programs and data until a ransom is paid to
remove it.
Rootkit - Answer✔A means of concealing system components and malware from the operating
system and other programs; can also modify the operating system.
Round-down fraud - Answer✔Truncating interest calculations at two decimal places and placing
truncated amounts in the perpetrator's account.
salami technique - Answer✔Stealing tiny slices of money over time.
Shoulder surfing - Answer✔When perpetrators look over a person's shoulders in a public place
to get information such as ATM PIN numbers or user IDs and passwords.
Skimming- - Answer✔Double-swiping a credit card in a legitimate terminal or covertly swiping a
credit card in a small, hidden, handheld card reader that records credit card data for later use.
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Social engineering - Answer✔Techniques that trick a person into disclosing confidential
information.
Spoofing - Answer✔Altering some part of an electronic communication to make it look as if
someone else sent the communication to gain the trust of the recipient. Many things are
spoofed, such as email addresses, caller IDs, IP addresses, address resolution protocols, SMS
messages, web pages, and domain name systems.
Steganoghrapy - Answer✔Concealing data within a large MP3 or other file (often image files).
SQL insertion (injection) - Answer✔Inserting a malicious SQL query such that it is passed to and
executed by an application program.
Trojan horse - Answer✔Unauthorized code in an authorized and properly functioning program.
Typosquatting/URL hijacking - Answer✔Websites with names similar to real websites; users
making typographical errors are sent to a site filled with malware.
Virus - Answer✔Executable code that attaches itself to software, replicates itself, and spreads
to other systems or files. When triggered, it makes unauthorized alterations to the way a
system operates.
Worm - Answer✔Similar to a virus; a program rather than a code segment hidden in a host
program. Actively transmits itself to other systems. It usually does not live long but is quite
destructive while alive.
XSS Attack - Answer✔Cross -site scripting) A vulnerability in dynamic web pages that allows an
attacker to bypass a browser's security mechanisms and instruct the victim's browser to
execute code, thinking it came from the desired website. (Malicious code embedded in a Web
link.)
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