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- 1PhishingPhishing is the attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes, indirectly, money), often for malicious reasons, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication
- 2MalwareMalicious Software
'Malware' is an umbrella term used to refer to a variety of forms of hostile or intrusive software, including computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, adware, scareware, and other malicious programs - 3Social engineeringSocial engineering is the art of manipulating or ‘conning’ individuals into giving away private information or login IDs and passwords
- 4Brute force attacksIn a brute force attack, a hacker may go through a list of different passwords until access to an account is gained
- 5Denial of ServiceA DoS attack attempts to flood a website server with an overwhelming number of data requests and can send spam emails and slow the system down tremendously
- 6Data interception and theftData theft is the act of stealing computer-based information from an unknowing victim with the intent of compromising privacy or obtaining confidential information. Data theft is increasingly a problem for individual computer users, as well as big corporate firms
- 7SQL injectionSQL is a database query language.
SQL injection takes advantage of web input forms to access or destroy data - 8Poor network policyAn Acceptable Use Policy details strict guidelines about what is and is not acceptable behaviour on a network
All employees or students should be asked to read and sign this. - 9Shoulder SurfingInvolves direct observation. This can be used to find out bank codes from ATMs and other means of card use
- 10DefragmentationPuts files all together in a categorized way. This allows the system to be more fluent and quicker to operate
- 11FragmentationWhen a large file is saved it may not be able to be in a group with other sections of the file so they are separated making the file fragmented
- 12black hat hackershackers with malicious intentions
- 13white hat hackershackers who are checking if the server is possible to hacking
- 14grey hat hackershackers who break into servers illegally but have no harmful intentions
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- Flashcards on CyberSecurityFlashCards, created by Sam Jarvis on 01/12/2016.
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