computer attacks and abuse

Dictionary attacks is software that generates user ID and password guesses using a dictionary of possible user IDs and passwords to reduce the number of guesses required.

Hackers will send ____ to company and use dictionary attacks to guess e-mail addresses.

• Spam e-mail

• blank e-mail

• Phishing attack

• Short message service

Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a vulnerability in dynamic web pages that allows an attacker to bypass a browser's _______mechanisms and _______ the victim's browser to execute code, thinking it came from the desired website.

• Security / instruct

•   Extreme / order

•   Annual / hide

•     Common / deceive

Spamming is

• solely sending the same solicited message to one person at specific time, often in an attempt to sell something.

• making an electronic communication look as if someone else sent it to gain the trust of the recipient.

• reuses usernames and passwords from other data breaches to try to break into other systems

• simultaneously sending the same unsolicited message to many people at the same time, often in an attempt to sell something.

Hacking is

• Unauthorized access, modification or used of an electronic device or some element of a computer system

• manipulating clicks numbers to inflate advertising bills.

• internet to spread false or misleading information

• gaining control of a computer to carry out illicit activities without user’s knowledge.

In Australia, a woman got a call asking why she had sent the caller multiple adult message texts every day for the past few months. Neither she nor her mobile company could explain the texts, as her account showed that they were not coming from her phone. When she realized there was no way of blocking the messages, she changed her mobile number to avoid any further embarrassment by association.

WHAT FORM OF SPOOFING INVOLVE

• E-mail spoofing

•  caller ID spoofing

•    SMS spoofing

•    IP address spoofing

____ exchanging sexually explicit text messages and revealing pictures, usually by means of phone. Posting or sharing these pictures and messages with people who were never intended to see or read them.

• Cyber-bullying

•    Sexting

• E-mail threats

• Spamming

Hijacking is gaining control of a computer to carry out ____, such as sending spam without the computer user’s knowledge.

• hijack activities

• illicit activities

• botnet

• bot herder

Password cracking are recovering passwords by trying every possible combination of upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, and special characters and compering them to a _____ of the password.

• Cryptographic hash

• Alphanumeric

• Unsolicited messages

• Special software

Using a small device with storage capacity,  such as an Ipod or Flash Drive, to download unauthorised data is the meaning of _____ .

• Phreaking

• MITM attack

• Vulnerabilities

• Podslurping

Denial of service attack is a computer attack in which the attacker sends so many e- mail bombs or web page request often from randomly generated false ___, that the internet service provider's e-mail server orr the web server is overloaded and shuts down

• Phone number

• Addresses

•  Information