Cybersecurity Terms

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Brute-force attack

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repeatedly inputting a password until the correct one is found, to try and break into an account or device

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Data interception

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Data packets are intercepted and examined using a packet sniffer software

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Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack

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threat that targets a web server to cause it to crash and prevent access to the web pages that it stores.

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Hacking

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act of gaining unauthorized access to data.

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Social engineering

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Manipulating or deceiving people into provide confidential or personal details.

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Pharming

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downloading malicious software onto a user's hard drive, that redirects a request aimed at a genuine website to a fake website instead.

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Phishing

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sending a user a fake email that is designed to look genuine.

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Digital currency

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Currency that exists electronically rather than physically

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Digital Currency

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Method of encryption used when data about payment with digital currency is sent from one computer to another

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Cryptocurrency

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Type of digital currency that uses encryption procedures and is managed by a decentralized system