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- 1What is Malware?Malware is a software that is intended to damage or disable computers and systems
- 2What is a Virus?virus is a software too cause disruption, human only actively shared it.
- 3What is a worm?Similar to virus but designed to replicate through networks
- 4What is spyware?Spyware is software that spies on you, tracking your internet activities.
- 5What is phishing?Phishing is an online fraud technique used by criminals to entice you to disclose personal information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.
- 6What is SQL Injection?security exploit in which the attacker uses Structured Query Language code to gain access to resources
- 7What is Brute Force?A brute force attack is a trial and error method used by programs to decode encrypted data such as passwords
- 8What is Penetration Testing?It is where you test out how secure your security is
- 9Data Interception/TheftData can be intercepted for example if someone uses hijacking software and pretends to be the destination for communications across a network
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- Year 10 computer science Flashcards on Revision, created by Karl Davies on 15/01/2018.
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