Question

________ is a way to breach the security by using the vulnerability of that system.

(a) Threat

(b) Vulnerability

(c) Exploit

(d) Attack

This question was posed to me by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

Asked question is from Hacking Terminologies topic in portion Cyber Security of Cyber Security

Answer 1

The correct answer is (c) Exploit

To elaborate: An exploit can be any data, piece of code, a program, sequence of commands or any software that uses the vulnerability or flaw of a system and helps attackers or cyber-criminals cause unanticipated behaviour.