Cyber Security - Social Engineering

....... is the art of manipulating people so they give up confidential information.

• Blagging

• Social engineering

• Pharming

• Phishing

.............. is a technique of fraudulently obtaining private information, often using email or SMS.

The act of creating and using an invented scenario to engage a targeted victim in a manner that increases the chance the victim will divulge information or perform actions that would be unlikely in ordinary circumstances is .............

................ is observing a person's private information over their shoulder or using screen capture software

............... is a cyber attack intended to redirect a website's traffic to another, fake site.

To protecting your personal data from cyber attacks you have to

• Do not give out personal information over the phone, on the web or in an email unless completely sure of the recipient.

• Keep your operating system, browser, anti-virus and other critical software up to date

• Encrypt your data.

• Never click on links in emails. Even if you do think the email is legitimate, go to the website and log on directly.

• Set secure passwords and don’t share them with anyone.

To protecting your personal data from cyber attacks you have to

• Set a simple password like, your name and your date of birth

• Disable automatic updates

• Never open email attachments unless you know it is from a reliable source and turn off the option to automatically download attachments in emails.

• Never click on links in emails. Even if you do think the email is legitimate, go to the website and log on directly.

• Set secure passwords and don’t share them with anyone.

To protect networks and computers from cyber attacks .....

• If you use WiFi, update it regularly to the latest encryption standard.

• Ask users to use CDs and SD cards to copy any data they want from the network

• Encrypt the data

• Secure the hardware. Physically locking computers to a desk

• Install anti-malware and anti-virus protection.

To protect networks and computers from cyber attacks .....

• If you use WiFi, update it regularly to the latest encryption standard.

• Allow users to plug their removal media devices

• Ensure that any HTTP open sessions time out after a reasonable time

• Install a firewall

........ is a type of challenge-response test used in computing to determine whether or not the user is human.

• CAPTCHA

• Voice recognition

• Finger print