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Computers Security
Definition: Is the protection of computing systems and the data that they store or access.
- A Malware is any software specifically designed to damage a computer system without owner knowledge. Examples: worms, viruses, & Trojan horses.
- Trojan Horse: Is a program that is packaged usually with free applications such which carries a destructive virus, that creates problems in the computer system without our knowledge.
- Virus: Is a program stored on a computer disk, hard drive, or CD, that can cause unexpected effects such as destroying or corrupting data.
- Worm: Is a malicious software that copies itself repeatedly into a computers memory RAM
- Virus: Is a program stored on a computer disk, hard drive, or CD, that can cause unexpected effects such as destroying or corrupting data.
- Trojan Horse: Is a program that is packaged usually with free applications such which carries a destructive virus, that creates problems in the computer system without our knowledge.
- A Malware is any software specifically designed to damage a computer system without owner knowledge. Examples: worms, viruses, & Trojan horses.
Computers Security Villains: hacker, cracker, hacktivists, Cyberterrorism, and Cyber Fraud.
- Hackers: Are people who gain unauthorized access to computers or networks.
- Crackers: Are hackers who break into computers and networks for corrupt purposes. Also they can do major damage.
- Hacktivists: Are people with a politically or socially motivated purpose who break into a computer system.
- Cyberterrorism: Is a political attack against information, particularly via the Internet, to cause physical, real-world harm or disruption.
- Cyber Fraud: Is a type of social engineering attack where the victim is led to believe to give a fraudster a sum of money.
- Cyberterrorism: Is a political attack against information, particularly via the Internet, to cause physical, real-world harm or disruption.
- Hacktivists: Are people with a politically or socially motivated purpose who break into a computer system.
- Crackers: Are hackers who break into computers and networks for corrupt purposes. Also they can do major damage.
- Hackers: Are people who gain unauthorized access to computers or networks.
Security
- Antivirus: Scans storage devices such as hard drives, or main memory to try to find viruses, quarantine them and destroy them.
- Firewall: A system that protects the computer from a intruders.
- Encryption: Turning readable data into unreadable data in order to prevent access that is not authorized. This is often used in the military.
- Password: Is a form of authentication used to guard or control a resource. It is usually used to protect electronic data.
- Biometrics: It is used to identify and compare some specific people’s characteristics such as voice, fingerprints, hand geometry, eye or facial characteristics.
- Password: Is a form of authentication used to guard or control a resource. It is usually used to protect electronic data.
- Encryption: Turning readable data into unreadable data in order to prevent access that is not authorized. This is often used in the military.
- Firewall: A system that protects the computer from a intruders.
- Antivirus: Scans storage devices such as hard drives, or main memory to try to find viruses, quarantine them and destroy them.
Juan Guillermo Bautista 10A
