It's All Fun & Games Until It's Not!

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.

Yes, this is almost the same hunt as last year, and there are no prizes this year, but it still all fun and games (until you are hacked!). 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 few days, we'll 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 4	an update or to address a vulnerability	https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=lokfs
October 6	be cautious about doing this with emails	https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=yzzfv
October 11	to cause damage to data and software	https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=rwixd
October 13	what you do to unwanted calls or other communications	https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=xzffv
October 18	possibility of failure, danger, or loss	https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=nwjnj
October 20	hacker's crime that steals your information	https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=pvvie
October 25	pretend to be something or someone you are not, such as faking an email address	https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=odfrq
October 27	notification that something, often an attack or vulnerability, has been detected	https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=wzvue

 

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

Online Cybersecurity Games	Links to Play
October 5 - Cybersecurity Trivia Twirl	https://securityawareness.usalearning.gov/cdse/multimedia/games/cybertrivia/index.html
October 12 - Cybersecurity: Tormorrow's Internet	https://securityawareness.usalearning.gov/cdse/multimedia/games/TomorrowsInternet/story.html
October 19 - Targeted Attacks	http://targetedattacks.trendmicro.com/
October 26 - The Weakest Ling	https://www.isdecisions.com/user-security-awareness-game/