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Cybersecurity Scavenger Hunt

Come join the Office of Cybersecurity during Cybersecurity Awareness Month to answer these sixteen (16) questions that will help you #BeCyberSmart. Answers to these questions can either be found on our own webpages or the internet. Each question has a clue to lead you in the right direction. The hunt begins here!

 

Games, Games, and More Games

Have you ever played Wordle? We developed a cybersecurity version of the popular word guessing game. Every Tuesday and Thursday in October, we will put a link in the Daily Digest for a new word to guess. Worried you might miss a chance to play?  We'll keep the links up here all month. 

Wordle - Date	Hint	Links to Play
October 3	a string of characters that must be used to gain admission to something	https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=lojvhsnr
October 5	an attempt to trick people into giving secret information under false pretenses	https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=lvzvs
October 10	what NOT to do to link and attachments in emails	https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=yzzfv
October 12	a type of malicious software, or malware, that spreads between computers and causes damage to data and software	https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=rwixd
October 17	software and operating system updates that aim to fix security vulnerabilities in a program or product	https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=lokfs
October 19	fraudsters pretend to be someone or something else to wind a person's trust. (this happens a lot on campus with bad actors pretending to be a chancellor, dean, or department head asking for a "favor")	https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=odfrq
October 24	relating to or involving computers or computer networks (such as the Internet)	https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=ymshc
October 26	a program that is used to perform bulk functions. Mostly used for good purposes, cyber criminals can also use this to infect your computer with malware.	https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=iotuz
October 31	how impactful an action is given the potential impact of a threat and the likelihood of that threat occurring	https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=nwjnj

 

There are quite a few web-based games that deal with different cybersecurity topics. Every Wednesday in October, we will post a link to a new game for you to test your cybersecurity knowledge.

Online Cybersecurity Games	Links to Play
October 4	Crossword puzzle
October 11	Be Internet Awesome   (Kid friendly)
October 18	If You See Something, Say Something
October 25	Phishing Gizmo Puzzle