Let's kick things off with a huge congratulations to Chanda Bergman from Iron Bow for cracking last month’s Outpost 12 challenge! The correct answer was B) Advanced Persistent Threat—and Chanda proved once again that our team has some of the sharpest cybersecurity instincts in the galaxy.
Now, back to the mission…
When Iron Bear left Outpost 12, he thought the strange signal was contained. But en route to his next checkpoint, the ship’s internal sensors detect… movement. Not in the cockpit. Not in the cargo hold. Somewhere in the maintenance ducts.
It’s small. Fast. And leaving behind traces of a code he’s never seen before—part programming language, part… something else.
Every time he tries to track it, the lifeform (or is it a malware construct?) shifts frequency, disappearing from scans. The longer it’s aboard, the more the ship’s systems start to glitch.
To identify the stowaway and neutralize the threat, Iron Bear will need your help—and your best guess.
August Trivia Question
What’s the cybersecurity term for malicious code that disguises itself as legitimate software to gain access to a system?
A) Logic Bomb
B) Rootkit
C) Trojan Horse
D) Phishing Loop
Think you know? Submit your answer for a chance to be featured in next month’s TechSource!
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