CTSP Exam Study Guide with Complete
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Malware - Answer-software designed to infiltrate a computer system and possibly damage it without
the user's knowledge or consent
Virus - Answer-code that runs on a computer without the user's knowledge; it infects the computer
when the code is acc...
Adware - Answer✔✔-usually falls into the realm of spyware because it pops up advertisements based on
what it has learned from spying on the user
Grayware - Answer✔✔-describes applications that are behaving improperly but without serious
consequences
Rootkit - Answer✔✔-a type of software designed to gain administrator-level control over a computer
system without being detected (boot loader rootkits, evil maid attack, alureon)
Spam - Answer✔✔-the abuse of electronic messaging systems such as e-mail, texting, social media,
broadcast media, instant messaging, and so on (identity theft e-mails [phishing], lottery scam e-mails)
Threat Vector - Answer✔✔-the method that a threat uses to access a target is known
Attack Vector - Answer✔✔-the means by which an attacker gains access to a computer in order to
deliver malicious software; most common is via software
Typosquatting - Answer✔✔-when a user is attempting to access a website but types the incorrect
domain name by mistake and the user is redirected to an altogether unwanted website that's malicious
in nature
Botnet - Answer✔✔-malware distributed throughout the internet by a group of compromised computers
Zombie - Answer✔✔-the individual compromised computers in the botnet
Active Interception - Answer✔✔-normally includes a computer placed between the sender and the
receiver to capture and possibly modify information
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