BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY

Department of Information Technology

Course Title Cyber Security Code IT-404

Credit Hours 3-0 Level Undergraduate
Class BSIT-VIII (M) Total Enrollment 62
Course Instructor Dr. Tauqeer Safdar
Assignment Period – From (Date): 20-Mar-2024 To Date: 03-Apr-2024

Assignment 2
Question 1: [10 marks]
Read “Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment” by Federal Financial Institutions
Examination Council (attached).
a: Write a set of guidelines on how users use passwords for an online bank. The guidelines should
cover how the passwords are chosen, used and updated.
b: Analyze the user authentication mechanism in one online bank that you use. Try to see
whether it is vulnerable to various attacks, including phishing attacks.
Question 2: [5 marks]
What is malware, its usage and purpose? What are the main types of malware are there, briefly
differentiate between them? To answer this, you can use the slides attached.