E-commerce Security and Payment Systems (EC 2023 Week-5.3)

Confidentiality is sometimes confused with:

• privacy

• authenticity

• integrity

• nonrepudiation

________ is the ability to ensure that e-commerce participants do not deny their online actions.

• Nonrepudiation

• Authenticity

• Availability

• Integrity

Which of the following is an example of an integrity violation of e-commerce security?

• A website is not actually operated by the entity the customer believes it to be.

• A merchant uses customer information in a manner not intended by the customer.

• A customer denies that he is the person who placed the order.

• An unauthorized person intercepts an online communication and changes its contents.

Which of the following is an example of an online privacy violation?

• your e-mail being read by a hacker

• your online purchasing history being sold to other merchants without your consent

• your computer being used as part of a botnet

• your e-mail being altered by a hacker

________ is the ability to ensure that messages and data are only available to those authorized to view them.

• Confidentiality

• Integrity

• Privacy

• Availability

Which of the following is not a key factor for establishing e-commerce security?

• data integrity

• technology

• organizational policies

• laws and industry standards

Software that is used to obtain private user information such as a user's keystrokes or copies of e-mail is referred to as:

• spyware

• a backdoor

• browser parasite

• adware

What is the most frequent cause of stolen credit cards and card information today?

• lost cards

• the hacking and looting of corporate servers storing credit card information

• sniffing programs

• phishing attacks

Malware that comes with a downloaded file that a user requests is called a:

• Trojan horse

• backdoor

• drive-by download

• PUP

________ typically attack governments, organizations, and sometimes individuals for political purposes.

• Crackers

• White hats

• Grey hats

• Hacktivists