Cybersecurity - Quarterly 1

Software that encrypts programs and data until a ransom is paid to remove it.

• Crypto-malware

• Spyware

• Ransomware

• Adware

A program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful.

• Crypto-malware

• Trojan Horse

• Program Virus

• Ransomware

Item that has value.

• Integrity

• Asset

• Malware

• Risk

Malware that encrypts all the files on the device so that they cannot be opened.

• Crypto-malware

• Malware

• Ransomware

• Dumpster Diving

Information is correct and unaltered.

• Risk

• Hactivists

• Integrity

• Keylogger

A malicious program that records keystrokes.

• Macro Virus

• Mitigate

• Hactivists

• Keylogger

Individual who lacks advanced knowledge of computers and networks and so uses downloaded automated attack software to attack information systems.

• Bot Herder

• Script Kiddie

• Threat Actor

• Nation State Actor

Digging through trash receptacles to find information that can be useful in an attack.

• Dumpster Diving

• Shoulder Surfing

• Crypto-Malware

• Vulnerability

A means of gathering information for an attack by relying on the weaknesses of individuals.

• Information Security

• Dumpster Diving

• Social Engineering

• Trojan Horse

Any premeditated, politically motivated attack against information, computer systems, computer programs, and data which results in violence against non-combatant targets by sub-national groups or clandestine agents.

• Swiss cheese infection

• Cyberterrorism

• Crypto-malware

• Trojan Horse