Deck 7: Information Technology Crime

Question 1

What is the definition of the following word:
-Malware.

Answer 1

Software intended to damage or exploit computers and networks.

Question 2

What is the definition of the following word:
-Phishing.

Answer 2

Posing as an established enterprise in an e-mail in order to trick the recipient into revealing information that may be used for identity theft.

Question 3

What is the definition of the following word:

-Worm

Answer 3

Much like a virus in that it replicates itself, but unlike a virus, worms do not require a host file or human action to propagate.

Question 4

What is the definition of the following word:

-Trojan

Question 5

What is the definition of the following word:
-Denial-of-service attack.

Question 6

This term defines hackers that break security to test their own systems, to test other systems and to gain knowledge about computer security for ethical and educational reasons.

A) White-hat hacker
B) Black-hat hacker
C) Gray-hat hacker
D) All of the above

Question 7

These hackers break into networks with malicious intent to perpetrate IT crime.

A) White-hat hackers
B) Black-hat hacker
C) Gray-hat hacker
D) All of the above

Question 8

These hackers break into computer networks not necessarily to do damage, but to seek out exploits.

A) White-hat hackers
B) Black-hat hackers
C) Gray-hat hackers
D) All of the above

Question 9

Which activities are considered IT crime?

A) Unauthorized access
B) Computer-mediated espionage
C) Illicit tampering with files or data
D) All of the above

Question 10

Symantec estimated that the global direct cost of IT crime per victim at what dollar amount?

A) 100
B) 138
C) 298
D) 456

Question 11

This term is a derogatory term for a person who uses pre-written software to break into networks.

A) Black-hat hackers
B) White-hat hackers
C) Gray-hat hackers
D) Script kiddie

Question 12

This is a program that inserts copies of itself into other computer programs, data files, or sectors of the hard drive.

A) Viruses
B) Worms
C) Trojans
D) Denial-of service attacks

Question 13

This is much like a virus in that it replicates itself but does not require a host file or human action.

A) Viruses
B) Worms
C) Trojans
D) Denial-of service attacks

Question 14

This is a dangerous piece of malware that appears to be useful software.

A) Viruses
B) Trojans
C) Worms
D) Denial-of service attacks

Question 15

In this attack a perpetrator attempts to prevent users from accessing a server's information or services such as e-mails.

A) Viruses
B) Worms
C) Trojans
D) Denial-of service

Question 16

This is an attempt to acquire personal information such as usernames and passwords.

A) Viruses
B) Worms
C) Phishing
D) Trojan

Question 17

These attacks are becoming more common in parts of the world such as Asia using applications.

A) Mobile device attacks
B) Worms
C) Viruses
D) Phishing

Question 18

Which of the following resources do developing countries lack to build against IT crime?

A) Human resources
B) Technical resources
C) Financial resources
D) All of the above

Question 19

What factor affects the availability of security products written for that market?

A) Financial resources
B) Market size
C) Technical resources
D) Human resources

Question 20

Which are examples of the concentration of IT crime in specific sectors?

A) Online gaming industry in China
B) Theft of banking passwords in Brazil
C) Employees of IT firms in India
D) All of the above

Question 21

Due to the tradition of high skill in mathematics, physics, and computing, many IT attacks originate from what area of the world?

A) China
B) India
C) Eastern Europe and Russia
D) United States

Question 22

Perpetrators with these motives target information that may be used or sold in order to enrich themselves.

A) Economic motives
B) Political motives
C) Personal motives
D) All of the above

Question 23

Perpetrators with these motives target a country's resources for reasons that have to do with differing political viewpoints or philosophies, or to neutralize a country's perceived threat.

A) Economic motives
B) Political motives
C) Personal motives
D) All of the above

Question 24

Perpetrators with these motives are often important only to an individual or a small group of people.

A) Economic motives
B) Political motives
C) Personal motives
D) All of the above

Question 25

Black-hat hackers may be contracted or employed to test security on a system.

Question 26

Black-hat hackers seek to make systems unusable or to steal data or other resources.

Question 27

Gray-hat hackers may alert the owner of a network and offer to correct the vulnerability for a fee.

Question 28

IT crime are criminal offenses that are committed with devices that communicate information to one another via networks.

Question 29

Mobile devices cannot be used for IT crime.

Question 30

IT crime costs the global economy an estimated $388 million in 2012.

Question 31

Industrialized countries, which depend heavily on information technology, are the most likely to have IT crime legislation.

Question 32

Lightly industrialized countries are more likely to have IT crime legislation.

Question 33

IT crime victims often do not realize they have been attacked.

Question 34

The most common devices used for IT crimes are computers and mobile phones.

Question 35

Mobile device attacks are typically imported through applications.

Question 36

The weak rule of law in developing countries makes the commission of IT crimes more difficult.

Question 37

Perpetrators in developing countries are more confident than those in developed countries.

Question 38

Many new Internet users in developing economies understand how the Internet works or how to secure their computers against attacks.

Question 39

If a security technology company cannot make a profit in a developing market, then it will not produce software for that market.

Question 40

Many IT attacks originate from Eastern Europe and Russia.

Question 41

In regions where IT jobs are plentiful, people skilled in math and science turn to IT crime.

Question 42

Political IT crime consists of criminal offenses that are committed on a computer-based network for political reasons.

Question 43

Trespassing on information networks without doing any damage or leaving any trace of the visit is the least serious IT crime.

Question 44

The Pirate Bay was a file-hosting site that operated from 2005 to 2012. The Pirate Bay had servers throughout the world, including 525 servers in the state of Virginia, United States, and 630 in the Netherlands.

Question 45

Megaupload was established in Sweeden in 2001, and is a website that provides BitTorrent files and links for peer-to-peer file sharing.

Question 46

What does a worm do to a computer?

Question 47

How can a Trojan be disguised?

Question 48

Explain the difference between phishing and a Trojan.

Question 49

What was decided upon in the Budapest Convention?