🤖 9.5 Cybersecurity - Lesson 4: Rise of the Bots 🦠💻

Multiple Choice

🔐 What does ransomware do to your files?

• Deletes them forever

• Encrypts them and demands money

• Emails them to your contacts

• Turns them into viruses

Poll

🤔 Would you pay to get your files back if ransomware encrypted them?

• 💸 Yes

• 😠 No

• 🤷‍♀️ Depends on the situation

Multiple Choice

🦠 How does a computer virus usually spread?

• Through a power surge

• Automatically without user action

• Through a wireless charger

• By clicking or running infected files

Match

🔍 Match the malware type with how it spreads or behaves

• Virus 🦠

• Worm 🪱

• Trojan 🐴

• Ransomware 🔐

Needs the user to run or click something

Spreads on its own across networks, ofte

Pretends to be useful (like a game)

Encrypts your files and demands money

• Needs the user to run or click something

• Spreads on its own across networks, ofte

• Pretends to be useful (like a game)

• Encrypts your files and demands money

Open Ended

🎥 What do you think was the biggest mistake that let WannaCry happen?

Word Cloud

🎭 What words come to mind when you hear “Trojan Horse”?

Draw

👁️ Label the parts of a screenshot infected by spyware or adware.
Include: popup ads, fake download buttons, strange toolbar

Draw

✏️ Draw a simple poster warning people about one type of malware.

✅ Choose one of the following types of malware to focus on:

🦠 Virus – Spreads by infecting other files

🪱 Worm – Spreads across networks on its own

🔐 Ransomware – Locks files and demands payment

🐴 Trojan – Pretends to be safe but causes harm

👀 Spyware – Secretly monitors your activity

📢 Adware – Bombards you with unwanted ads

🔖 Your poster should include:

A title

What the malware does

A warning or slogan

At least one way to avoid it (e.g., "Don’t click unknown links!" or "Use antivirus software!")

🧠 Tip: Make it bold, clear, and easy to understand — like a real cybersecurity poster!

Fill in the Blanks

📊 If 50% of internet traffic is bots and 30% of those are malicious, what % of all internet traffic is malicious bots?

Multiple Choice

🤖 What is a botnet made of?

• Random websites

• Infected smart devices (zombies)

• Emails

Open Ended

💬 What could happen if thousands of fake accounts post about politics during an election?

Fill in the Blanks

🔐

encrypts your files and asks for money to unlock them.

Word Cloud

💭 What words come to mind when you hear "spyware"?

Poll

📢 Would you be suspicious if pop-up ads appeared even when offline?

• Yes ✅

• No ❌

• I wouldn’t notice 😅

Multiple Choice

👀 What does spyware often include? You can use google.

• Antivirus updates

• Pop-up blockers

• Keyloggers

• Encryption tools