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The document discusses different types of bad actors in cybersecurity: 1. The "Explorer" is motivated by notoriety and enjoys putting systems in difficult situations through their intelligence and harmfulness. 2. The "Hacktivist" is motivated by political, social, or moral outrage and attacks systems through distributed denial of service attacks, botnets, and command and control servers. 3. The "Cyber Terrorist" seeks to intimidate through disruption and damage.

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The document discusses different types of bad actors in cybersecurity: 1. The "Explorer" is motivated by notoriety and enjoys putting systems in difficult situations through their intelligence and harmfulness. 2. The "Hacktivist" is motivated by political, social, or moral outrage and attacks systems through distributed denial of service attacks, botnets, and command and control servers. 3. The "Cyber Terrorist" seeks to intimidate through disruption and damage.

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Bad actors

1 The explorer

Motivacion – Notoriedad

Curioso
Poner en aprietos

Inteligente dañino

Phishing

2 The hacktivist

Motivado por política, social o indignidad moral (political, social or moral outrage)

-distribuited denial of service (DDos)

-Botnet

-Comand and control server (C&C server)

-malware
Attacking systems by exploiting otherwise unknown and unpatched vulnerabilities is also
known as:
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First-day exploits
Phishing

Zero-day exploits
Secret sauce

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What are the primary motivations of the “Hacktivist”?

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Political, social, or moral disagreements


Food, wine, and gambling
The cost of commercial software and support
The appreciation of their country’s leaders

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What central component is necessary to form a botnet?

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DNS server
Ethernet switch
Transformer
Command & Control (C&C) Server

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What is it called when a fraudulent email masquerades as a legitimate communication in an


attempt to get a user to reveal sensitive information?
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Harpooning

Phishing
Baselining
Trolling

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What is the goal of the “Cyber Terrorist”?

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Stable world markets
Adoption of Bitcoin as a primary national currency
Peace through understanding

Intimidation through disruption and damage

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What is the motivation of the bad actor known as the “Explorer”?


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Notoriety
Ideology
Food
Money

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What is the motivation of the “Cyber Terrorist”?

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Fame

Ideology
Fortune
Compassion

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What is the motive of the “Cyber Criminal”?

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Fame
Ideology
Intimidation

Money

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What is the name of the malware that takes over a computer system and holds hostage the
disk drives or other data?
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Ransomware
Phishingware
Kidnapware
Scareware

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What is the primary motivation of the “Cyber Warrior”?

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The adoption of Bitcoin as a national currency

The political interest of their country’s government


Fame
Money

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