Question 1

What is a problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names?

Accepted Answer

Typosquatting is the practice of registering misspelled versions of popular domain names with the intent to capture traffic from users who make typographical errors when entering a web address.

Question 2

What is an act or object that poses a danger to assets?

Accepted Answer

A threat is any act or object that poses a danger to assets, encompassing a wide range of potential dangers to an organization's security or operations.

Question 3

What is click-fraud?

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Question 4

What is competitive click-fraud?

Accepted Answer

Competitive click-fraud involves a competitor or disgruntled employee intentionally clicking on a company's online ads to deplete their advertising budget or skew their analytics.

Question 5

Which of the following definitions represents website name stealing?

Accepted Answer

Website name stealing, also known as domain hijacking, involves unauthorized changes to the registration of a domain name without the permission of the original registrant. This often involves someone posing as the domain's administrator to change its ownership details, effectively stealing the domain from its rightful owner.

Question 6

Which of the following definitions represents physical security?

Accepted Answer

Physical security refers to the measures used to protect physical assets, such as buildings and equipment, from physical threats like unauthorized access, theft, and environmental disasters. This includes the use of alarms, guards, fireproof doors, fences, and vaults to safeguard these assets.

Question 7

Which of the following definitions represents typosquatting?

Accepted Answer

Typosquatting involves registering domain names that are misspellings of popular brands or websites, aiming to capture traffic from users who make typing errors.

Question 8

What is a threat?

Accepted Answer

A threat, in the context of information security, is defined as any potential danger to information or systems. Choices A, B, and C describe specific types of cyberattacks or malicious activities, which are examples of threats, but do not define what a threat is. Choice D accurately defines a threat as an act or object that poses a danger to assets, encompassing a wide range of potential dangers in a security context.

Question 9

Identify the six epolicies organizations should implement to protect themselves.

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Question 10

Which of the following definitions represents opt-in?

Accepted Answer

Opt-in refers to the action of choosing to allow permission for subscriptions, emails, or other forms of communication, indicating a user's explicit consent to receive information.

Question 11

What is cybervandalism?

Accepted Answer

Cybervandalism refers to the act of hacking into and altering or defacing a website without permission, which is accurately described as the electronic defacing of an existing website.

Question 12

What is government attempts to control Internet traffic, thus preventing some material from being viewed by a country's citizens?

Accepted Answer

Internet censorship is the control or suppression of what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the Internet by authorities, often to prevent access to information that is considered harmful or sensitive.

Question 13

Which of the following definitions represents opt-out?

Accepted Answer

Opt-out refers to the action of choosing not to participate in something, such as not receiving emails, which means denying permission for incoming emails.

Question 14

What occurs when a person chooses to deny permission to incoming emails?

Accepted Answer

Opting out is the process by which individuals set their preferences to not receive unsolicited emails, effectively denying permission for incoming emails that they do not wish to receive.

Question 15

What is the theft of a website's name that occurs when someone, posing as a site's administrator, changes the ownership of the domain name assigned to the website to another website owner?

Accepted Answer

Website name stealing, also known as domain hijacking, occurs when the attacker or unauthorized person changes the registration of a domain name without the permission of the original owner, effectively transferring ownership to themselves or another entity. This can be done by posing as the site's administrator or through other deceptive means.

Question 16

What is an antispamming approach where the receiving computer launches a return attack against the spammer, sending email messages back to the computer that originated the suspected spam?

Accepted Answer

Teergrubing is an antispamming technique where the receiving computer retaliates against the spammer by sending back email messages to the originating computer, effectively creating a counter-attack against the source of spam.

Question 17

Which of the following definitions represents Internet censorship?

Accepted Answer

Internet censorship involves government efforts to regulate or suppress access to certain information or websites on the Internet, as described in option C.

Question 18

Which of the following definitions represents teergrubing?

Accepted Answer

Teergrubing is an antispamming technique where the receiving server deliberately slows down the response to spam emails, effectively tying up the spammer's resources.

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