Question 1

Zeus is an example of a
A)virus.
B)worm.
C)Trojan horse.
D)war dialing.

Accepted Answer

Zeus is a type of Trojan horse malware that steals personal and financial data from infected systems. It often spreads through email attachments or deceptive downloads.

Question 2

Mircea Vasilescu maintains an online brokerage account.In early March,Mircea received an e-mail from the firm that explained that there had been a computer error and asked Mircea to call a phone number to verify his customer information.When Mircea called the number,a recording asked that he enter the code from the e-mail,his account number,and his social security number.After he did so,he was told that he would be connected with a customer service representative,but the connection was terminated.He contacted the brokerage company and was informed that they had not sent the e-mail.Mircea was a victim of
A)Bluesnarfing.
B)vishing.
C)splogging.
D)typosquatting.

Accepted Answer

Mircea was a victim of vishing, which is a scam that involves using phone calls or voice messages to obtain personal and financial information from individuals. In this case, the scammer used a fake email and phone number to trick Mircea into providing sensitive data, and then terminated the connection before he could speak to a customer service representative. Bluesnarfing, splogging, and typosquatting are all different types of online scams that rely on various forms of deception to trick victims into revealing sensitive information or downloading malware.

Question 3

Ashley Baker has been the webmaster for Berryhill Finance only ten days when Berryhill's website was flooded with access attempts.Ashley shut down the site and only opened it to Web addresses which she specifically identified as legitimate.As a result,many of Berryhill's customers were unable to obtain loans,causing Berryhill to lose a significant amount of business.Berryhill Finance suffered from a
A)denial-of-service attack.
B)zero-day attack.
C)phreaking attack.
D)cyber-extortion attack.

Accepted Answer

The scenario describes a flood of access attempts that caused the webmaster to shut down the site, which is consistent with a denial-of-service attack.

Question 4

Describe the various form of spoofing.Select one type of spoofing and search for an actual case about the spoofing.Discuss what has happened and provide recommendations as to how the spoofing could have been prevented.

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

On the weekends,Mary Andersen climbs into her Toyota Camry and drives around the city of Las Vegas looking for unprotected wireless networks to exploit.Mary is most likely engaging in
A)snarfing.
B)Wi-pilfering.
C)war driving.
D)data slurping.

Accepted Answer

Mary Andersen is engaging in "war driving," which is the act of searching for Wi-Fi wireless networks while in a moving vehicle, using a portable computer or smartphone. This term was coined in the early 2000s when Wi-Fi became widely available and people started using wireless networks without securing them properly. The objective of war driving is to find unprotected networks that can be exploited for various purposes, such as stealing sensitive data or using the network for illegal activities.

Question 6

Hunter Carr is an accountant with AcctSmart.The firm has a very strict policy of requiring all users to change their passwords every sixty days.In early March,Hunter received an e-mail claiming that there had been an error updating his password and it provided Hunter with a link to a website with instructions for re-updating his password.Something about the e-mail made Hunter suspicious,so he called AcctSmart's information technology department and found that the e-mail was fictitious.The e-mail was an example of
A)social engineering.
B)piggybacking.
C)spamming.
D)phishing.

Accepted Answer

The e-mail Hunter received was an attempt at phishing, which is a type of cybercrime where the attacker disguises themselves as a trustworthy entity in an attempt to obtain sensitive information such as passwords or credit card numbers. In this case, the attacker used a fake message claiming to be from AcctSmart in order to trick Hunter into revealing his password. Fortunately, Hunter was suspicious and took the necessary steps to verify the authenticity of the message.

Question 7

Jim Cooper decided to do some Christmas shopping online.He visited Amazon.com,found a perfect gift for his daughter,and placed his order.It was only later when he noticed that the website's URL that he had placed the order was actually Amazom.com and not Amazon.com.Jim was a victim of
A)Bluesnarfing.
B)splogging.
C)vishing.
D)typosquatting.

Accepted Answer

Jim was a victim of typosquatting, which is a type of cybersquatting where a person intentionally misspells a website's URL in order to trick users into visiting a fake website that looks like the real one. In this case, Amazom.com was made to look like Amazon.com, and Jim unknowingly placed an order on the fake website.

Question 8

Illegally obtaining and using confidential information about a person for economic gain is known as
A)eavesdropping.
B)identity theft.
C)packet sniffing.
D)piggybacking.

Accepted Answer

Illegally obtaining and using confidential information for economic gain is known as identity theft. Eavesdropping refers to overhearing private conversations, packet sniffing refers to intercepting and analyzing network traffic, and piggybacking refers to gaining unauthorized access to a network or system by following an authorized user.

Question 9

Which method of fraud is physical in its nature rather than electronic?
A)cracking
B)hacking
C)eavesdropping
D)scavenging

Accepted Answer

Scavenging refers to physically searching through trash or recycling in order to find sensitive information such as credit card statements, bank statements, or personal information that can be used for identity theft. The other options (cracking, hacking, and eavesdropping) all refer to methods of electronic fraud.

Question 10

Ashley Baker has been the webmaster for Berryhill Finance only ten days when Berryhill's website was scheduled for a routine security patch update.Unbeknown to Ashley,cybercrooks found out the timing of the patch update and launched attacks right before Berryhill's update from a remote location miles away.As a result of the attack,Berryhill lost a significant amount of clients' private information.Berryhill Finance suffered from a
A)hacking attack.
B)zero-day attack.
C)identity theft attack.
D)cyber-extortion attack.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Ashley Baker has been the webmaster for...

Question 11

Jerry Schneider was able to amass operating manuals and enough technical data to steal $1 million of electronic equipment by
A)scavenging.
B)skimming.
C)Internet auction fraud.
D)cyber extortion.

Accepted Answer

Jerry Schneider was able to collect operating manuals and technical data by scavenging, which means he searched and gathered information from various sources, and used it to steal $1 million worth of electronic equipment.

Question 12

Recall that students used Facebook and VKontakte to identify Russian money laundering mules.What fraud case did these students help foil?
A)Zeus
B)Trident Breach
C)Nigerian Banking
D)InfraGard

Accepted Answer

The students helped foil the Trident Breach fraud case by using Facebook and VKontakte to identify Russian money laundering mules.

Question 13

Which of the following is the easiest method for a computer criminal to steal output without ever being on the premises?
A)dumpster diving
B)use of a Trojan horse
C)using a telescope to peer at paper reports
D)electronic eavesdropping on computer monitors

Accepted Answer

Electronic eavesdropping on computer monitors, also known as shoulder surfing or screen scraping, involves using a device to capture the electronic emissions from a computer monitor and then reconstructing the image on a separate screen. This method can be done remotely and the criminal does not need to physically be on the premises. The other options (dumpster diving, use of a Trojan horse, using a telescope to peer at paper reports) all require some level of physical access to the premises.

Question 14

Ashley Baker has been the webmaster for Berryhill Finance only ten days when she received an e-mail that threatened to shut down Berryhill's website unless Ashley wired payment to an overseas account.Ashley was concerned that Berryhill Finance would suffer huge losses if its website went down,so she wired money to the appropriate account.The author of the e-mail successfully committed
A)a denial-of-service attack.
B)Internet terrorism.
C)hacking.
D)cyber-extortion.

Accepted Answer

The author of the e-mail engaged in cyber-extortion by threatening to shut down Berryhill Finance's website unless they were paid. Ashley wired the money to the overseas account, making this a successful cyber-extortion attempt.

Question 15

It was late on a Friday afternoon when Chloe Pike got a call at the help desk for Taggart Corp.A man with an edge of panic in his voice was on the phone."I'm really in a bind and I sure hope that you can help me." He identified himself as Joe Andrew from the accounting department of Taggart Corp.He told Chloe that he had to work on a report that was due on Monday morning and that he had forgotten to bring a written copy of his new password home with him.Chloe knew that Taggart's new password policy required that passwords be at least fifteen characters long,must contain letters and numbers,and must be changed every sixty days,had created problems for many users.Consequently,Chloe provided the password to Joe.The caller turned out not to be Joe Andrew,and Chloe was a victim of
A)phreaking.
B)war dialing.
C)identity theft.
D)social engineering.

Accepted Answer

The caller pretended to be someone he was not and used social engineering tactics to trick Chloe into giving him the password. This is a common tactic used by hackers and is known as phishing or pretexting.

Question 16

When a computer criminal gains access to a system by searching through discarded records,this is referred to as
A)data diddling.
B)dumpster diving.
C)eavesdropping.
D)data squatting.

Accepted Answer

Dumpster diving refers to the practice of searching through trash or discarded records to find sensitive information, such as passwords or account numbers, that can be used to gain unauthorized access to a computer system. This is a common tactic used by computer criminals to acquire sensitive information without detection.

Question 17

Offering a free website,then charging the phone bills of the individuals who signed up for the free website is known as
A)snarfing.
B)web cramming.
C)podpounding.
D)e-scraping.

Accepted Answer

Offering a free website and then charging the phone bills of the individuals who signed up for the free website is known as web cramming. Snarfing is the stealing of online data, podpounding does not exist, and e-scraping is the online use of computer programs to extract information from websites.

Question 18

Describe at least six computer attacks and abuse techniques.

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Question 19

Ashley Baker works in the information technology department of Core Company.On Monday morning,she arrived at work,scanned her identity card,and entered her access code.At that moment,a man in a delivery uniform came up behind Ashley with a bunch of boxes.Although Ashley held the door for the delivery man,she later wondered if the man was engaged in
A)pretexting.
B)piggybacking.
C)posing.
D)spoofing.

Accepted Answer

The situation described is an example of piggybacking, which is when an unauthorized individual gains access to a secure location by following closely behind an authorized person. While Ashley held the door for the delivery man, it is possible that he did not have the proper credentials to enter the building. Pretexting, posing, and spoofing all involve forms of deception or trickery to gain access to sensitive information or locations, but they do not apply to this specific scenario.

Question 20

Maureen Boyd was arrested in Kansas City for running an online business that specialized in buying and reselling stolen credit card information.Maureen was charged with
A)typosquatting.
B)carding.
C)pharming.
D)phishing.

Accepted Answer

Maureen Boyd was arrested for carding, which is a form of credit card fraud that involves buying and selling stolen credit card information. Typosquatting, pharming, and phishing are all different forms of online scams, but they are not related to the specific crime committed by Boyd.

Quiz 6: Computer Fraud and Abuse Techniques

Zeus is an example of a

Describe the various form of spoofing.Select one type of spoofing and search for an actual case about the spoofing.Discuss what has happened and provide recommendations as to how the spoofing could have been prevented.

On the weekends,Mary Andersen climbs into her Toyota Camry and drives around the city of Las Vegas looking for unprotected wireless networks to exploit.Mary is most likely engaging in

Jim Cooper decided to do some Christmas shopping online.He visited Amazon.com,found a perfect gift for his daughter,and placed his order.It was only later when he noticed that the website's URL that he had placed the order was actually Amazom.com and not Amazon.com.Jim was a victim of

Illegally obtaining and using confidential information about a person for economic gain is known as

Which method of fraud is physical in its nature rather than electronic?

Jerry Schneider was able to amass operating manuals and enough technical data to steal $1 million of electronic equipment by

Recall that students used Facebook and VKontakte to identify Russian money laundering mules.What fraud case did these students help foil?

Which of the following is the easiest method for a computer criminal to steal output without ever being on the premises?

When a computer criminal gains access to a system by searching through discarded records,this is referred to as

Offering a free website,then charging the phone bills of the individuals who signed up for the free website is known as

Describe at least six computer attacks and abuse techniques.

Maureen Boyd was arrested in Kansas City for running an online business that specialized in buying and reselling stolen credit card information.Maureen was charged with