Fundamentals of Cyber Security

What is the term for computer programs that attack your computer?

• Malware

• DangerDroids

• RudeBots

• Dangerware

Who should know your passwords?

• Only you!

• Your best friends

• Anyone

What is Phishing?

• Fishing while talking on the phone.

• Fake emails or websites that look like real emails and websites and try to steal your data.

What is AntiVirus software?

• Software that blocks all unwanted ads.

• Software that keeps you from getting sick.

• Software that protects your device from viruses and malware.

Which of these indicates a website is secure?

• You found the website on Google or clicked it from a link in an email.

• A little lock icon next to the website address.

• The website shows a company name and logo and looks real.

What should you do if you think you have been hacked?

• Report the problem to the company.

• Change your password.

• Tell your parents or a trusted adult.

• All of the above.

Standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers. Often, it uses a computer network to spread itself, relying on security failures on the target computer to access it.

• Malicious Code

• Computer Worm

• Anti Virus Software

• Computer Virus

What is software?

• Viruses on your computer
• Programs used by a computer
• Documents used to type information on
• Harmful information

Which are ways that an operating system can increase system security?

• Offering the use of password protection

• Different levels of user access

• Keeping software updated

• Disk Defragmentation

• The use of virtual memory

What are benefits of a firewall?

• Blocks access to a network from unauthorised sources

• Helps to prevent CPU overheating

• Helps to protect confidential information on your computer

• Avoids all viruses entering a system

• Can give you reports on any threats to the system