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Barracuda internship Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
13 threats type— Answer: spam, malware, data exfiltration, URL
phishing, scamming, spear phishing, domain impersonation, brand
impersonation, extortion, business email compromise, conversational
highjacking, lateral phishing, account takeover
Spam— Answer: unsolicited, unwanted commercial email messages
also known as junk email
-lowers productivity by flooding inboxes w junk mail and impacts
server traffic to process messages.
-can be used to distribute malware and large scale phishing attacks
-modern gateways are very effective to block spam; inline deployment
of spam filters helps stop it before it hits the inbox
volumetric malware— Answer: takes advantage of older unpatched
systems using common vulnerabilities
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Zero-day malware— Answer: A vulnerability that is discovered or
exploited before the vendor can issue a patch to fix it
-haven't been seen before and don't match any known malware
signatures
URL attacks— Answer: urls that point to malicious websites or
payloads that are intended to trick users into clicking to download
malware
Ransomware attack— Answer: Blocking access to systems/files/data
by the means of encryption unless ransom is paid. Sometimes
combined with the threat to publish the data.
Data Exfiltration— Answer: The unauthorized transfer of data. A more
basic definition is data theft.
-can lead to financial losses and have a long-lasting impact on an
organizations reputation
URL Phishing— Answer: when cybercriminals use emails to direct
their victims to insert sensitive information on a fake website that
looks legit.
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scamming— Answer: cybercriminals use fraudulent schemes to
defraud victims or steal their identity by tricking them into disclosing
personal information
-organizations need to deploy both spam filters at the email gateway
and API-based inbox defense for effective protection against scamming
spear phishing— Answer: a highly targeted attack in which emails
that appear to be sent from a legitimate source are customized for
specific persons. An attacker researches the interests of the target in
order to create an email that tricks that specific person.
-API inbox defense to historical emails
domain impersonation— Answer: attackers attempt to impersonate a
domain by using techniques such as typo-squatting, replacing one or
more letters in a legitimate email domain with a similar letter or
adding a hard-to notice letter to the legitimate email domain.
Brand Impersonation— Answer: designed to impersonate a company
or a brand to trick their victims into responding and disclosing
personal or otherwise sensitive information
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common types of brand impersonation— Answer: service
impersonation- a phishing attack designed to impersonate a well-
known company or commonly used business application
brand highjacking- occurs when an attacker appears to use a
company's domain to impersonate a company or one of its employees
extortion— Answer: the practice of obtaining something, especially
money, through force or threats
Business Email Compromise (BEC)— Answer: An impersonation
attack in which the attacker gains control of an employee's account and
uses it to convince other employees to perform fraudulent actions.
-defraud the company, its employees, customers, or partners
Conversation Hijacker— Answer: cybercriminals insert themselves
into existing business conversations or initiate new conversations
based on info they've gathered from compromised email accounts to
steal money or personal info
lateral phishing— Answer: attackers use recently highjacked accounts
to send phishing emails to unsuspecting recipients.
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Barracuda internship Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
13 threats type— Answer: spam, malware, data exfiltration, URL
phishing, scamming, spear phishing, domain impersonation, brand
impersonation, extortion, business email compromise, conversational
highjacking, lateral phishing, account takeover
Spam— Answer: unsolicited, unwanted commercial email messages
also known as junk email
-lowers productivity by flooding inboxes w junk mail and impacts
server traffic to process messages.
-can be used to distribute malware and large scale phishing attacks
-modern gateways are very effective to block spam; inline deployment
of spam filters helps stop it before it hits the inbox
volumetric malware— Answer: takes advantage of older unpatched
systems using common vulnerabilities
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Zero-day malware— Answer: A vulnerability that is discovered or
exploited before the vendor can issue a patch to fix it
-haven't been seen before and don't match any known malware
signatures
URL attacks— Answer: urls that point to malicious websites or
payloads that are intended to trick users into clicking to download
malware
Ransomware attack— Answer: Blocking access to systems/files/data
by the means of encryption unless ransom is paid. Sometimes
combined with the threat to publish the data.
Data Exfiltration— Answer: The unauthorized transfer of data. A more
basic definition is data theft.
-can lead to financial losses and have a long-lasting impact on an
organizations reputation
URL Phishing— Answer: when cybercriminals use emails to direct
their victims to insert sensitive information on a fake website that
looks legit.
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scamming— Answer: cybercriminals use fraudulent schemes to
defraud victims or steal their identity by tricking them into disclosing
personal information
-organizations need to deploy both spam filters at the email gateway
and API-based inbox defense for effective protection against scamming
spear phishing— Answer: a highly targeted attack in which emails
that appear to be sent from a legitimate source are customized for
specific persons. An attacker researches the interests of the target in
order to create an email that tricks that specific person.
-API inbox defense to historical emails
domain impersonation— Answer: attackers attempt to impersonate a
domain by using techniques such as typo-squatting, replacing one or
more letters in a legitimate email domain with a similar letter or
adding a hard-to notice letter to the legitimate email domain.
Brand Impersonation— Answer: designed to impersonate a company
or a brand to trick their victims into responding and disclosing
personal or otherwise sensitive information
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common types of brand impersonation— Answer: service
impersonation- a phishing attack designed to impersonate a well-
known company or commonly used business application
brand highjacking- occurs when an attacker appears to use a
company's domain to impersonate a company or one of its employees
extortion— Answer: the practice of obtaining something, especially
money, through force or threats
Business Email Compromise (BEC)— Answer: An impersonation
attack in which the attacker gains control of an employee's account and
uses it to convince other employees to perform fraudulent actions.
-defraud the company, its employees, customers, or partners
Conversation Hijacker— Answer: cybercriminals insert themselves
into existing business conversations or initiate new conversations
based on info they've gathered from compromised email accounts to
steal money or personal info
lateral phishing— Answer: attackers use recently highjacked accounts
to send phishing emails to unsuspecting recipients.
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