IT SECURITY Iosef Mas

IT SECURITY Iosef Mas

1. Phishing

   • looks real but sucks users into giving them info

2. acces level

   • who can access an item and what they can do with it

3. Antivirus

   • software to detect and remove viruses and other malware

4. Asymmetric Key Encryption

   • two keys used public key to encrypt data private key to decrypt data

5. Encryption

   • Puts data/text into CODE so it is hard to read

6. biometric Iris

   • measures patterns on colored part of eye

7. encrypted messages

   • cipher text

8. characteristics of a good password

   • no info about you use phrases don't share password on internet

9. Brute Force attack

   • attempt to break password trying all words, numbers, and symbols

10. key logger

    • software or hardware which record all key strokes on a system

11. malware

    • malicious software

12. rootkit

    • pharming
      • technique used by criminals to alter DNS records and drive users to fake sites
    • malware that gets into computer and hides itself rom being viewed

13. Virus

    • spread computer to computer shared document amongst computers

14. Worms

    • malicious software that replicates itself and spreads

15. Trojan

    • open new backdoors, give info through web

16. social engineering

    • Hackers use their social skills to trick people into revealing access credentials or other valuable information

17. macro virus

    • virus that takes advantage of macro programming languages built into some software

18. Public Key

    • keeps virus open worse

19. symmetric key

    • same key to encrypt/decrypt message

20. Private key

    • Opens what public key closed but no one gets access to their key

21. zombie

    • computer that has been compromised by malwares and part of a botnet

22. spyware

    • malware that covertly records users actions

23. Identity theft

    • steal personal data to impersonate someone

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