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Tech trivia challenge - scareware

Our WhatIs.com Tech Term is scareware
Scareware is a type of malware designed to trick victims into purchasing and downloading useless and potentially dangerous software. A scareware program usually generates pop-ups that resemble Windows system messages and warn the user that viruses or other problems have been detected.

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Secret Word of the Day
This controversial rootkit program gets its name from a play on words mocking a Microsoft product.  What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
Scareware preys on users’ FUD. What does FUD stand for?
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Tech Trivia
What browser was #1 on Bit9’s 2008 list of the most vulnerable applications? (Hint: It might not be the one you think it is.)
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John Strand explains how to prevent clickjacking with security policies.

Ken Harthun writes about malware and vulnerabilities in his ITKE Security Corner blog.

Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about fast flux DNS?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is fast flux DNS.

Tech Trivia
Enterprising cybercriminals are turning to corporate data theft because ________ has become so common that there’s not enough profit in it.
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Secret Word of the Day
This is an exploit in which malicious coding is hidden beneath apparently legitimate buttons or other clickable content on a website. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
A DSO exploit takes advantage of data binding to gain access to the hard drive of a computer connected to the Internet. What does DSO stand for?
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Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about Flexible Mandatory Access Control (FMAC)?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Flexible Mandatory Access Control (FMAC).

Tech Trivia
What operating system preceded Solaris at Sun Microsystems?
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Secret Word of the Day
This open source program is designed to automatically and quickly generate scanners, also known as tokenizers, which recognize lexical patterns in text. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
SPARC is a 32- and 64-bit microprocessor architecture from Sun Microsystems that is based on reduced instruction set computing (RISC). What does SPARC stand for?
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Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about zombie armies?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is zombie army.

Tech Trivia
What operating system is Ghostscript associated with?
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Secret Word of the Day
A crunchy treat for Dracula’s pal Renfeld is a coding error in software. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
RIP: You know what it stands for on a tombstone. What does it stand for in a networking context?
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Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about IFrames?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is IFrame.

Tech Trivia
What was hidden in the original Trojan horse?
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Secret Word of the Day
This keyboard-oriented, text-only Web browser was developed at the University of Kansas primarily for students who used UNIX workstations. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
HCI is the study of how people interact with computers and how to design computers for successful interaction with human beings. What does HCI stand for?
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Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about CloudAV?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is CloudAV.

Tech Trivia
What’s the name of IBM’s set of cloud computing services?
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Secret Word of the Day
This marketing term is used by vendors promoting an enterprise computing architecture that’s protected by a firewall.
What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
Amazon EC2 is a Web-based service that allows business subscribers to run application programs in the Amazon cloud. What does EC2 stand for?
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Tech Quiz of the Day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about clickjacking?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is clickjacking

Tech Trivia
In the first six months of 2008, what percentage of sites serving malicious coding were legitimate sites that had been hacked?
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Secret Word of the Day
Who’s in your digital wallet? This type of exploit is used by malicious hackers to present a faked or modified website to the user as if it were legitimate. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
CRAM is the two-level scheme for authenticating network users that’s included in the hypertext transfer protocol. What does CRAM stand for?
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Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about the principle of least privilege?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is principle of least privilege.

Tech Trivia
What does a honey monkey imitate:
a. a bee
b. a monkey
c. a human
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Secret Word of the Day
This is the unauthorized download of data from a computer to a small device with storage capacity, such as a Flash drive or an iPod or other MP3 player. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
A CAPTCHA typically features an image file of slightly distorted alphanumeric characters. What does CAPTCHA stand for?
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Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about malvertizements?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is malvertizement.

Tech Trivia
What Windows keyboard shortcut did IBM engineer David Bradley invent so developers could reboot their computers without taking time to power them down?
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Secret Word of the Day
This is a sequence of instructions that can be executed as one command. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
Web 2.0 developers use AJAX to build interactive Web applications that process user requests without making the whole page refresh. What does AJAX stand for?
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Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about NBAR?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is NBAR (Network Based Application Recognition).

Tech Trivia
What type of virus replicates by resending itself, often as an e-mail attachment?
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Secret Word of the Day
This practice involves delaying the flow of packets that have been designated as less important or less desired than those of prioritized traffic streams. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
P2P stands for “peer-to-peer” — what does P4P stand for?
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