Phishing Quiz

Total questions: 10

Made by @kyan

Phishing Quiz

Social engineering bypasses all security efforts put forth by the IT and security departments via

1: Social engineering bypasses all security efforts put forth by the IT and security departments via

Breaking encryption

Cracking through the network firewalls

The employees

none of above

What can be at risk if social engineer gains access to your company’s network or to your specific computer?

2: What can be at risk if social engineer gains access to your company’s network or to your specific computer?

Work documents stored on your work computer or on the network

Personal documents stored on your work computer

Personal email access via your work computer

All of the above

What is the scams by pretending to be a legitimate business that you may have an account with?

3: What is the scams by pretending to be a legitimate business that you may have an account with?

Phishing

Cracking

Virus

Encryption

Social engineering affects you outside of work.

4: Social engineering affects you outside of work.

True

False

Only obvious criminals could be social engineers, not someone I know and work with on a regular basis.

5: Only obvious criminals could be social engineers, not someone I know and work with on a regular basis.

True

False

An ex-employee could potentially turn into a social engineer.

6: An ex-employee could potentially turn into a social engineer.

True

False

What is the weakest link in security?

7: What is the weakest link in security?

Physical security (e.g. cameras, locks, guards)

Technological security (e.g. firewalls, encryption)

Employees (e.g. the people who use the systems)

What is the technique where the attacker pretends to be someone they are not or invents a scenario to engage

8: What is the technique where the attacker pretends to be someone they are not or invents a scenario to engage

Phishing

Pretexting

Dumpster diving

Sniffing

You receive a phishing email, but when are you at risk?

9: You receive a phishing email, but when are you at risk?

When it’s in your inbox

When you open the email

When you click on a link

When you delete the email

How can you check whether an email is authentic?

10: How can you check whether an email is authentic?

Check the sender, hover over the email address /link

Check the date it was sent, make sure it was sent 9am – 5pm

Check whether it uses images

All of the above