Lab – Visualizing the Black Hats

Objectives
Research and analyze cyber security incidents

Background / Scenario
In 2016, it was estimated that businesses lost $400 million dollars annually to cyber criminals. Governments,
businesses, and individual users are increasingly the targets of cyberattacks and cybersecurity incidents are
becoming more common.
In this lab, you will create three hypothetical cyber attackers, each with an organization, an attack, and a
method for an organization to prevent or mitigate the attack.
Note: You can use the web browser in virtual machine installed in a previous lab to research security issues.
By using the virtual machine, you may prevent malware from being installed on your computer.

Required Resources
 PC or mobile device with Internet access

Scenario 1:
a. Who is the attacker?
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b. What organization/group is the attacker associated with?
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c. What is the motive of the attacker?
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d. What method of attack was used?
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e. What was the target and vulnerability used against the business?
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f. How could this attack be prevented or mitigated?

Scenario 2:
a. Who is the attacker?
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b. What organization/group is the attacker associated with?
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c. What is the motive of the attacker?
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d. What method of attack was used?
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e. What was the target and vulnerability used against the business?
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f. How could this attack be prevented or mitigated?
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Scenario 3:
a. Who is the attacker?
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b. What organization/group is the attacker associated with?
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____________________________________________________________________________________
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c. What is the motive of the attacker?
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d. What method of attack was used?
____________________________________________________________________________________
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e. What was the target and vulnerability used against the business?
____________________________________________________________________________________
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f. How could this attack be prevented or mitigated?
____________________________________________________________________________________
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