which of the following exploits when downloaded onto a smartphone takes control of the device and its data until the owner agrees to pay a sum of money to the attacker?
a. Camware
b. Spyware
c. Scareware
d. Ransomware
d. Ransomware
Ransomware is a malware, which when downloaded onto a smartphone (or another device), takes control of the device and its data until the owner agrees to pay a ransom to the attacker. The users get limited or no access to their devices once a ransomware is uploaded. It is not guaranteed that paying the ransom will grant users uninterrupted access to their device.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Describe which of the ping commands are successful and which fail. Use the data that you captured to determine the route of the ICMP Echo Request and Reply packets. For each route, provide an explanation why the path is taken for each for the ping commands.
What will be an ideal response?
Pressing ________ on the keyboard will paste copied items on a document
A) Ctrl + V B) Ctrl + A C) Ctrl + C D) Ctrl + X
?____ is a wireless technology used for tagging and tracking.
A. ?Near Field Communication B. ?Uniform Resource Locator C. ?Transport Layer Security D. ?Hypertext Transfer Protocol