S3 Security Risks and Precautions

A hacker is someone who accesses a computer or network illegally.

• True

• False

what is the name of an application that appears to look like a helpful application but instead does harm to your computer?

• virus
• worm
• malware
• Trojan horse

IT security recently found a program on your co-worker's computer that apparently tracked all of the words that they typed into the computer. what kind of malware is this?

• Keylogger 
• keyblogger
• trojan horse
• keystroke virus

you receive an email from your bank,telling you that your account has been compromised and you need to validate your account details or else your account will be closed. you are supposed to click a link to validate your information. what is this an example of?

• a security breach at your bank that needs to be resolved
• spam
• ransomware
• Phishing

It spreads to other computers by attaching itself to various programs and executing code when a user launches one of those infected programs.

• Adware
• Bug
• Spyware
• Virus

It disguises itself as a normal file or program to trick users into downloading and installing malware.

• Ransomware
• Trojan Horse
• Spyware
• Trojan House

This software prevents access to the computer from specified web sites.

• Firewall
• Virus
• Antivirus
• Browser

A type of attack that sends enough requests to overload a resource or even stopping its operation.

• Denial of Service (DoS)
• Distributed DoS (DDoS)
• SYN Flood 
• Spoofing

The process of converting data into an unreadable and unusable form. Encryption is done to prevent unauthorized access of data, especially during data transmission over the Internet.

• encryption

• decryption

• cookie

• backup

The act of extracting personal information, such as passwords and credit card details, from computer users and then use the information for malicious purposes.

• phishing

• intellectual property

• computer security

• online predator