Web Security Quiz

A Trojan horse is malware that disguises itself as legitimate software while secretly opening a backdoor on the infected system for unauthorized remote access. Viruses and worms primarily focus on replication and self-propagation.

BackTrack was a Linux distribution specifically designed for penetration testing and security auditing, widely used by security professionals and hackers. Ubuntu is a general-purpose Linux OS, Solaris is a Unix-based enterprise OS, and Windows is a commercial operating system - none are designed for hacking purposes.

DNS spoofing involves corrupting the DNS cache to redirect users from legitimate websites to malicious ones. When you enter www.google.com but get redirected to www.yahoo.com, the DNS resolution has been tampered with. IP spoofing involves faking IP addresses, email spoofing forges email headers, and 'packet spoofed' is not a standard security term.

IP spoofing involves hackers forging their IP address to appear as a trusted machine on the network, allowing them to gain unauthorized access. Phishing tricks users into revealing credentials, forging is a general term (not specific to IP addresses), ID theft involves stealing personal identity information.

Dumpster diving is a physical social engineering technique where attackers look through trash to find sensitive information like passwords, reports, or hardware details. While it is a form of intelligence gathering or reconnaissance, 'Dumpster Diving' is the most specific and accurate term for this activity.