Question

________________ has become a popular attack since last few years, and the attacker target board members, high-ranked officials and managing committee members of an organization.

(a) Spyware

(b) Ransomware

(c) Adware

(d) Shareware

This question was posed to me in semester exam.

This question is from Corporate Cyber Security topic in portion Security Ethics, Security Breach Scenarios & Corporate Security of Cyber Security

Answer 1

The correct answer is (b) Ransomware

The best explanation: Ransomware has become a popular attack since last few years, and the attacker target board members, high-ranked officials and managing committee members of an organization; where the ransomware compromise the system by encrypting all files and ask for some ransom in order to unlock or decrypt all files.