A user downloads software that contains malware onto a computer that eventually infects numerous other systems. Which of the following has the user become?
A user downloads software that contains malware onto a computer that eventually infects numerous other systems. Which of the following has the user become?
A user who downloads software that contains malware and infects numerous other systems is considered an insider threat. An insider threat is defined as a security risk that originates from within the organization. This risk could be intentional or unintentional. In this scenario, the user may not have intended to cause harm, but their actions led to a security incident by spreading malware to other systems within the organization, categorizing them as an insider threat.
C) Insider threat. Insider threats can be on purpose or accidentally. Regardless, it originated as a result someone inside the organization (employee) did.
C. Insider Threat An insider threat is a security risk that originates within the organization itself. Insider threats can be unintentional or intentional. In this case, the user downloaded software containing malware, which led to the infection of other systems within the organization. Even if the user did not intend to cause harm, their actions resulted in a security incident, making them an unintentional insider threat.
This is another poorly worded question by CompTIA. It uses 3 seperate references that indicate an APT (infect eventually), skid (s/w that includes mal code), and insider threat (dls software that eventually infects others). They're trying to be clever, but it's just setting people up for failure.
Nah. This one is pretty straightforward. It was a simple user error. They downloaded something they shouldn't have and they became responsible for distributing the malware. It was an inside job. Accidental, sure. But they are to blame nevertheless. No indication of an advanced nation-state persistent threat. This wasn't an outside attacker using pre-compiled tools. So no script kiddie. And hacktivist makes no sense since it's not motivated politically or for any agenda.
You're reading into the text, rather than extracting what's there, plain and simple.
ADHD, I literally overthink everything, LOL.
Anything USER related is insider threat
Official answer is Script Kiddy. Really?!? No way, the correct answer is (involuntay) Insider Threat. Nothing in the question leads to believe this is a script kiddy, whici is voluntary by nature.
The user who downloads software containing malware onto a computer and inadvertently infects numerous other systems is most likely: C. Insider threat Explanation: An insider threat refers to a person within an organization (in this case, the user) who poses a threat to the organization's security. Insider threats can be unintentional, such as when a user unknowingly downloads and spreads malware.
In this scenario, the user, whether intentionally or unintentionally, poses a threat to the organization's security by facilitating the spread of malware from within the organization. This type of threat is categorized as an insider threat because it originates from someone with legitimate access to the organization's systems.
it should be D as nothing specifies the location of user to be internal
Insider Threat
C. Insider threat
C for sure!
I voted D
User download a virus and the virus spread to over systems by clicking on a link. I am guessing 'effecting other systems' means it is an organization which has multiple systems, and 'user' is an employee in this case; thus 'insider threat.' I doubt it if it's a script kiddie.. Answer = insider threat.
C. Insider threat An insider threat refers to a person within an organization who represents a potential security risk due to their knowledge of, and access to, sensitive information and systems. In this case, the user is considered an insider because they are part of the organization and have initiated a threat by introducing malware. The action might be intentional or unintentional, but the term "insider threat" encompasses individuals within the organization who pose a risk to its security.
In my opinion, it is that the Kides script is not a real answer because it did not give us a clear scenario for someone who works in a company and downloaded something and did not explain to us if he knew or intended for his act, so I see that we exclude Kiddy because Kiddy is known to be foolish people who do not know how to create malicious programs as a forward and educated hacker and who knows how to create languages, this is a correct and logical answer that is an internal threat. We must judge questions with logic that we learned in Security Plus, my friends.
Correct answer is C
Insider threat