Nastiest Malware 2022 Survey

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* 1. Was the average ransomware payment made in 2022?

Over $300,000

Under $200,000

Between $200,000 and $300,000

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* 2. Which malware originated as a tool used by white hats but has been co-opted by criminals?

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Conti/Ryuk

Cobalt Strike/Brute Ratel

Valyria

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* 3. Which of the following is Mac Malware?

Conti

Colbalt Strike

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Shlayer

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* 4. Which malware family did we celebrate being shutdown last year, for them only to come back even stronger in 2022?

REvil

Lockbit

Emotet

Dridex

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* 5. Which malware group released a statement after Russia invaded Ukraine with their support of the Russian government and announced that they will deliver retaliatory cyber attacks on Russia?

Conti

DarkSide

Lockbit

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* 6. What new trend was observed in the first 4 months of the calendar year in phishing activity?

Hacker Holiday went away and phishing went up

Hacker Holiday continues and criminal activity declines in first 4 months

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* 7. Which ransomware family offers a bug bounty program

Conti/Ryuk

Ragnarok

Maze

Lockbit

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* 8. What does RaaS stand for?

Ransomware as a Scheme

Ransomware as a Series

Ransom authors are Sneaky

Ransomware as a Service

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* 9. The average ransom payment of 2022 is higher or lower than it was in 2021?

Higher

Lower

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* 10. What is typically the first step in compromising a business for the nastiest malware variants?

Stolen credit card information

Phishing

Banking trojan

Ransomware payload

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* 11. Which Malware family is looking to incorporate DDOS attacks?

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Conti/Ryuk

Lockbit

Emotet

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* 12. Which strategy is NOT recommended to keep businesses safe?

Educate end users

Install reputable cybersecurity software

Setting up remote desktop on default settings

Set up a strong disaster recovery plan

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* 13. Which strategy is NOT recommended to keep individual users safe?

Keep antivirus and other software up to date

Keep written copies of passwords taped to your device

Protect your devices with a VPN

Develop a healthy dose of suspicion toward messages

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* 14. Which banking trojan is one of the oldest trojans still receiving updates today?

Valyria

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Cobalt Strike

REvil

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* 15. Most ransomware victims are members of the Fortune 500?

True

False

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* 16. What is the most common way that phishing attacks compromise a user who clicks on the email?

Link to a malware landing page where malicious payload is downloaded

Attachment to a .exe file

Attachment to an office document where the user enables macros

Zero-day exploit

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* 17. What malware often evades detection by the sheer number of pieces all designed to load the next stage of malware?

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Valyria

Emotet

Conti

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* 18. What is the average ransom amount that small businesses pay?

$10,000

$100,000

$25,000

$50,000

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* 19. What is the most common way an organization is compromised without phishing?

RDP brute force attacks

Malicious insider

Browsing on Facebook

Unknown USB thumb drives

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* 20. What type of cryptocurrency do cryptominer malware like XMR rig mine?

Bitcoin

Ethereum

Cardano

Monero