Question

Existence of weakness in a system or network is called _______

(a) Threat

(b) Vulnerability

(c) Exploit

(d) Attack

The question was asked in examination.

This interesting question is from Hacking Terminologies topic in chapter Cyber Security of Cyber Security

Answer 1

Correct answer is (b) Vulnerability

To explain: Vulnerability is the term used to define weakness in any network or system that can get exploited by an attacker. Exploiting the weakness can lead to the unexpected & undesirable event in cyber security.