Chapter 5 Digital Security Ethics and Privacy

Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer or mobile device hardware or software

• Cybercriminal

• Digital security risk

• Green computing

• Online perpetrators

Online or internet based illegal acts such as distributing malicious software or committing identity theft

• Cybercrime

• Hacker

• Online perpetrator

• Script kiddie

Someone who access a computer or network illegally

• Cybercriminals

• Cyberextortionist

• Hacker

• Trojan horse

Hacker that uses prewritten hacking and cracking programs to break into computers and networks

• Corporate spy

• Cracker

• Hacker

• Script kiddie

Someone who demands payment to stop an attack on an organization’s technology infrastructure

• Cybercriminals

• Cyberextortionist

• Hacker

• Script kiddie

Programs that act without a user’s knowledge and deliberately alter the operations of computers and mobile devices

• Adware

• Malware

• Virus

• Worms

Potentially damaging program that affects, or infects, a computer or mobile devices negatively by altering the way the computer or device works without the user’s knowledge or permission

• Botnet

• Spyware

• Virus

• Worms

A program that hides within or looks like a legitimate program

• Adware

• Spoofing

• Spyware

• Trojan horse

Group of compromised computers or mobile devices connected to a network, such as the Internet, that is used to attack other networks, usually for nefarious purposes

• Backdoor

• Botnet

• Firewall

• Spoofing

Program or set of instruction in a program that allows users to bypass security controls when accessing a program, computer or network

• Backdoor

• Botnet

• Spoofing

• Unauthorized access