Year 8 - Cyber Security 1

What are emails pretending to be from someone else and using greed or fear to get the user to click on a link ?

• Pharming

• Phishing​

• Trojan Horse

• Ransomware

• DDOS attack

What is a motivation for someone to attack a computer system?

• Financial Gain

• Ransomware

• Hubris

• Trojan Horse

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A ...... ..... is malware which hides itself within another innocent looking program.

..... ........ is the protection of devices, services and networks – and the information on them – from theft or damage

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........ is a way of redirecting a legitimate websites’ visitors to a fake website run by a hacker.

What is a piece of malware that is installed on a computer and lock it out until a sum of money is paid to the hacker?

A type of attack which is used to disrupt and slow down a company or business website by bombarding it with millions of requests.

What is a type of virus that replicates itself in order to spread over computer networks?

• Ransomware

• DDOS

• Trojan Horse

• Computer Worm​

• Malware

What is another motivation for someone to attack a computer system?

• Career advancement

• Malware

• Fun/Challenge

• Trojan Horse

What is the name for obtaining confidential information by gaining someone's confidence and then asking for it?