Deck 4: Threats to Cybersecurity by Criminals and Organized Crime

Question 1

______ is defined as unsolicited commercial e-mail that includes any commercial emails addressed to a recipient with whom the sender has no existing business or personal relationship and not sent with the consent of the recipient.

A) Identity theft
B) A phishing scam
C) Spam
D) Keylogging

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Per the 1998 Assumption Deterrence Act, the text identified all of the following types of punishment except ______.

A) up to 15 years in prison
B) a fine
C) criminal forfeiture
D) probation

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following was NOT identified as a type of personal information that is sought out by identity thieves?

A) Social Security Number
B) telephone number
C) bank account number
D) credit card information

Answer 3

B

Question 4

According to the text, which of the following entities are considered a special target for botnets?

A) individuals
B) governments
C) banks and financial institutions
D) educational institutions

Question 5

Botnets use ______ architecture in which each workstation has the same capabilities and responsibilities.

A) peer-to-peer
B) command and control
C) denial of service
D) universal serial bus

Question 6

The ______, an underground web, allows offenders to stay anonymous and undetected, as these are not traceable by police.

A) Dark Net
B) Dreamboard
C) Yandex
D) Baidu

Question 7

In 1998 Congress passed the Assumption Deterrence Act making identity theft ______.

A) a misdemeanor crime
B) an infraction
C) a felony crime
D) a crime not punishable by law

Question 8

Botnets typically infect computers via ______ or drive-by-downloads.

A) ethernet cables
B) modems
C) routers
D) USBs

Question 9

The Identity Theft Resource Center estimates that it takes on average ______ hours to repair the damage of identity theft.

A) 200
B) 400
C) 600
D) 800

Question 10

Which of the following are considered small programs or sections of a program triggered by some event such as a certain date or time, a certain percentage of disk space filled, or the removal of a file?

A) keylogging
B) logic bombs
C) botnets
D) Trojan horses

Question 11

Which of the following was NOT identified as a way that criminals get information from their victims?

A) Criminals watch or listen to the victim.
B) Criminals access pre-approved credit card information from their victims.
C) Criminals directly ask the victim for their personal information.
D) Criminals steal the victim's mail.

Question 12

Which of the following countermeasures recommends that companies must complete regular data backups?

A) update e-mail policies
B) plan for ID theft after a data breach
C) complete regular updates
D) implement message authentication

Question 13

Which of the following countermeasures helps prevent e-mail spoofing, that is, the forgery of an e-mail header to make it appear as if it is coming from a friend or employee?

A) implement message authentication
B) update e-mail policies
C) complete regular updates
D) plan for ID theft after a data breach

Question 14

In 2015, the most common crime reported to the Federal Consumer Commission was ______.

A) cyberstalking
B) identify theft
C) spam
D) phishing scams

Question 15

According to the text, phishing scams typically target ______.

A) personal information
B) education information
C) employment information
D) demographic information

Question 16

______ is defined as a collection of infected machines worldwide that receive commands and perform some illegal actions such as distributed denial of service attacks, among others.

A) Phishing
B) A logic bomb
C) A Trojan horse
D) A botnet

Question 17

The Internal Revenue Service uses which of the following methods to contact a taxpayer?

A) e-mails
B) text messages
C) mail
D) phone calls

Question 18

______ refers to all types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person's personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain.

A) Phishing
B) Spamming
C) Identity theft
D) Cyberstalking

Question 19

According to the Federal Trade Commission, all of the following are ways that consumers can prevent identity theft except ______.

A) checking your credit report
B) using easy passwords
C) using security software
D) shredding financial documents

Question 20

Consumer crimes that include identity theft, phishing scams, and spam fall within which of the following categories?

A) fraud and financial crimes
B) cyberbullying crimes
C) Internet-initiated sexual offending crimes
D) hacktivist crimes

Question 21

Phishing is also referred to as "brand spoofing" or "carding."

Question 22

According to the author, cybercrime has various layers. What does this mean?

Question 23

Discuss the impact that social media networking sites have had on human trafficking and sexual exploitation. How have these sites contributed to the problem?

Question 24

Mail-order-brides typically come from developing countries and countries where women don't see the possibility of developing their full potential.

Question 25

According to the text, logic bombs are typically installed by outsiders of an organization or corporation.

Question 26

Access to the Internet, sexual deviance and antisociality have been found to be main explanatory factors of Internet-based child pornography offenses.

Question 27

According to the Federal Trade Commission, using security software on your computer, such as antivirus, anti-spyware, and a firewall, does not help prevent identity theft.

Question 28

Consumer crimes are deceptive practices that result in financial or other losses for consumers in the course of seemingly legitimate business transactions.

Question 29

The exchange of insults in a public setting, such as a bulletin board or chat room, is known as ______.

A) spamming
B) flaming
C) spoofing
D) phishing

Question 30

Which of the following is NOT a behavior/method that falls under the category of cyberbullying?

A) harassment
B) impersonation
C) inclusion
D) denigration

Question 31

Hacktivists engage in political action against a certain person, group, or even nation-state. Nation-states are mainly engaging in political and economic espionage.

Question 32

According to the text, cybercrime only has one layer.

Question 33

According to the text, human trafficking consists of all of the following elements except ______.

A) act
B) means
C) purpose
D) outcome

Question 34

What are some of the ways in which an individual can protect him- or herself from identity theft?

Question 35

Commercial e-mail is defined as any electronic mail message the primary purpose of which is commercial advertisement or promotion of products or services.

Question 36

The posting of harassing messages aiming to cause harm to the victim is also known as ______.

A) denigration
B) inclusion
C) exclusion
D) impersonation

Question 37

What are some of the criticisms of the CAN-SPAM Act. Do you agree with these criticisms? Why or why not?

Question 38

The intentional, aggressive behavior toward another person that is performed through electronic means is also known as ______.

A) spamming
B) spoofing
C) cyberbullying
D) phishing

Question 39

Using the same password for several accounts does not make it easy for thieves to steal a victim's information.

Question 40

Identify the countermeasures for identity theft. Do you believe these methods are effective at reducing identity theft?