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flash cards (computer science)
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- 1cyber attacksphishing
malware,including:
-ransomeware
-botnets
-keyloggers - 2hackingunauthorised access to computer material
- 3Phishingsending a fake email or message pretending to be from a bank or organisation, which tricks users into trying to log on to a fake website, stealing the login details
- 4MalwareMalicious software, designed to cause harm
- 5Ransomwaremalware that encrypts users files and demands a ransom to decrypt them
- 6Botneta network of computers which contain malware allowing them to be controlled by a hacker
- 7Keyloggermalware that records every keypress and sends it to a hacker for analysis
- 8cyber defenses-Security software (antivirus)
-White and grey hat hacking
-Backups - 9Security softwareoften called antivirus software even though it deals with more than just viruses, scans computers for known malware and removes it. Must be kept up to date with the latest malware definitions.
- 10White-hat hackinghacking that is done with the authorisation of the company being hacked. The hacker produces a report of all the vulnerabilities they found, so that the company can fix them.
- 11Grey-hat hackinghacking done without the authorisation of the company, but with good intentions, often the company will be informed of how the hacker was able to gain access
- 12Backupskeeping a copy of important data on a different system, so that it can be restored if the original is damaged
- 13Encryption-Encrypt and decrypt messages using a Caesar Cipher and a Substitution Cipher
-Use brute force and statistical attacks to crack simple ciphers - 14Ciphera method of encrypting text
- 15Plaintextthe unencrypted data
- 16Ciphertextthe encrypted data
- 17Keysome information needed to encrypt/decrypt the data
- 18Crackto read encrypted data without being given the key beforehand
- 19Brute Forcecrack a cipher by trying every possible key until successful
- 20Statistical Attackcrack a cipher by using statistics and estimates of the most likely values
- 21Caesar Ciphera simple cipher, where each letter is shifted a number of places up the alphabet
- 22Substitution Ciphera simple cipher where each letter is replaced by a different letter
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- Year 8 IT FlashCards sobre flash cards (computer science), criado por Felicity cooper em 15-06-2021.
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