Malware Infections

Question 1

Method used by an attacker to access a victim’s machine

Answer 1

Threat Vector

Question 2

Method used by an attacker to gain access to a victim’s machine in order
to infect it with malware

Answer 2

Attack Vector

Question 3

Malware is placed on a website that you know your potential victims will
access

Answer 3

Watering Hole

Question 4

A collection of compromised computers under the control of
a master node

Answer 4

Botnet

Question 5

Occurs when a computer is placed between the sender and receiver and
is able to capture or modify the traffic between them

Answer 5

Active Interception

Question 6

Occurs when you are able to exploit a design flaw or bug in a system to
gain access to resources that a normal user isn’t able to access

Answer 6

Privilege Escalation

Question 7

Malicious code that has been inserted inside a program and will execute
only when certain conditions have been met

Answer 7

Logic Bomb

Question 8

Non-malicious code that when invoked, displays an insider joke, hidden
message, or secret feature

Answer 8

Easter Egg