Year 9 Unit 1 Cybersecurity

Raw facts and figures

• Data

• Information

Information is created when data has been processed and becomes meaningful.

• True

• False

As a data subject, you have the right to find out what information the government and other organisations store about you.

• True

• False

A set of methods used by cybercriminals to deceive individuals into handing over information that they can use for fraudulent purposes.

• Social engineering

• Data protection

• Cyberwar

• Social manipulation

An attack designed to steal a victim's password or other sensitive data.

• Shouldering

• Phishing

• Blagging

• Name generator attack

These are attacks in which the victim is asked in an app or a social media post to combine a few pieces of information or complete a short quiz to produce a name.

• Shouldering

• Name generator attacks

• Phishing

• Blagging

An attack in which the victim receives an email disguised to look as if it has come from a reputable source in order to trick them into giving up valuable data.

• Phishing

• Blagging

• Shouldering

• Name generator attack

In a phishing attack, the email usually provides a link to another website where the information can be inputted.

• True

• False

Unexpected email with a request for information is a key indicator of a phishing email.

• True

• False

An attack in which the perpetrator invents a scenario in order to convince the victim to give them data or money.

• Blagging

• Shouldering

• Phishing

• Name generator attack