Cyber Crime Lesson 2

What is ransomware?

• Malware that locks your files until you pay the hacker to unlock them
• Code that will run a malicious function if certain functions are met
• Malware that steals senstive information.

What is malware?

• Software made by a man called Mal (Malcom)
• Any form of malicious software
• Someone that intercepts data from a user, pretending to be a website

What is a logic bomb?

• Any form of malicious software
• Malware that steals senstive information.
• Code that will run a malicious function if certain functions are met

What is a man-in-the-middle attack?

• Code that will run a malicious function if certain functions are met
• Malware that steals senstive information.
• Someone that intercepts data from a user, pretending to be a website

What is a black hat hacker?

• A hackers that hacks maliciously for money, info or fame
• A hacker that finds flaws in a companies network, so the company can fix them.
• A hacker that wears a black hat

What is a white had hacker?

• A hackers that hacks maliciously for money, info or fame
• A hacker that finds flaws in a companies network, so the company can fix them.

What is spyware?

• Malware that locks your files until you pay the hacker to unlock them
• Code that will run a malicious function if certain functions are met
• Malware that steals senstive information.

What is a keylogger?

• Malware that locks your files until you pay the hacker to unlock them
• Code that will run a malicious function if certain functions are met
• Malware that steals senstive information.
• A device / program that records the keys pressed.

What is a brute force attack?

• When a hacker tries every combination of password until correct.
• Code that will run a malicious function if certain functions are met
• Malware that steals senstive information.

What law stops people making any malware?

• Data Protection Act
• The computer misuse act
• Anti Hacking Act