Cybersecurity

Which of these is the description of a hacker?

• A person who attempts to gain unauthorised access to a computer system

• A person who creates a fake website to trick users into entering their personal details

• A person who transfers a program to a computer to record the data being entered

• A person who writes and sends an emal that asks someone to enter their personal details

Which statement does NOT apply to viruses

• It can change or delete data

• It is a piece of software

• It can reproduce itself to spread across lots of connected devices

• It records data and sends it to other people

Which action can help improve the security of your accounts?

• Use a password that is easy to guess, like the name of your pet

• Use a different password for each account

• Use a password that uses at least 1 digit

• Write down the passwords for each account in a book

Angelina was born in 2010 and has a pet cat named Fluffy.

Which of these is the strongest password?

• 2010cats

• fluffy10

• F1u10MyC@t

• fluffy2010

A website can be checked that it is secure by looking at the address in the browser and checking that it starts https:// What does https stand for?

• Hypertext Transfer Program Safe

• Hyperactive Transmission Protocal Strong

• Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

• Hypertext Transmission Protection Safe

Which of these is NOT a possible method of getting a virus?

• Clicking on a suspicious link in an email

• Downloading software from an unsafe website

• Inserting an unknown USB storage device into a computer

• Sending an email to another person

Which threat is being described?

"An email tricks you into entering your personal details such as username and password on a page pretending to be a real website."

• Hacker

• Phishing

• Spyware

• Virus

Which piece of information is it ok to share openly online?

• The town where you live

• Your date of birth

• Your favourite band

• Your surname

A piece of malware allows someone (a third-party) to access all the data that a user enters into the computer. What type of malware is this?

• Spyware

• Virus

• Blagging

• Ransomware

Oscar enters some data about himself into a form on a website.

Identify which piece of data is classed as personal data.

• His date of birth

• His favourite colour

• The marks he got in his last maths test

• The television program he watched last night