Cyber Security Quiz #1 Exam Questions with Complete Solutions

Event - ANSWER-could be anything Incident - ANSWER-a malicious event Bug - ANSWER-An error that exists in the implementation-level (i.e. only exist in source code); very correctable Flaw - ANSWER-an error at a much deeper level, particularly in the design, and likely in the code level; can be very difficult and costly to correct Hacker - ANSWER-a creative programmer; a positive connotation Cracker - ANSWER-the bad guy, the attacker, what media coins "hacker" (the negative connotation) Black hat - ANSWER-an attacker with malicious intents White hat - ANSWER-an attacker with good intents Gray hat - ANSWER-an attacker with good and bad intents Vulnerability - ANSWER-a security bug; a weakness in a system that can potentially be exploited by an attacker Exploiting/exploitation - ANSWER-the act of taking advantage of a vulnerability Risk - ANSWER-the likelihood that an attacker will take advantage of the vulnerability Threat - ANSWER-the likelihood that an incident will happen pwn3d - ANSWER-owned; successful exploitation; computer system completely compromised Zero Day - ANSWER-an undisclosed vulnerability that attackers take advantage of Attribution - ANSWER-the action of regarding something as being caused by a person or thing Networking - ANSWER-two or more computers talking to each other Client - ANSWER-a program running on your computer (e.g. web browser)