Y7 - Cybersecurity

Why do people carry out cyber attacks?

• Financial Gain

• Fun/Challenge

• To disrupt the business

• Personal grudge

Hacking is illegal

• True

• False

What does unauthorised mean?

• Not allowed

• Allowed

What is hacking?

• Accessing a computer system without permission

• Accessing a computer system with permission

Access a computer without permission (hacking) is in breach of the...

• Communications Act

• Data Protection Act

• Computer Misuse Act

One of the weakest points of computer systems are...

• Software that has not been updated

• Badly configured systems

• Users who choose weak passwords

What is Two Factor Authentication?

• A security feature that sends a text to your phone when you try to login to a website with a code to use

• Asks you further security questions when you login from an unusual location

• A way of checking that the person logging in is the real person

What should you do to help defend yourself from hackers?

• Use passwords with more than 6 characters

• Use an anti-virus program and keep it updated

• Keep your software up to date

• Use different passwords for each website you use

• Tell someone else your password in case you forget it

What are the aims of a phishing e-mail?

• Trick you into thinking it is from an official source

• Get you to click on a link without thinking

• Find out your address

• Deactivate your anti-virus

How can you spot a phishing e-mail?

• Correct spelling

• Seems too good to be true

• The From address does not match the sender

• The To field is empty