REVIEW M2_2024 GR9

The process of determining whether someone is who they claim to be.

• Changeover

• Data capture form

• Authentication

• Biometric

A type of malware that attempts to subject the end-user to unwanted advertising.

• Authentication

• Adware

• Validation routines

• Biometric

A variation of phishing that uses a voicemail message to try to trick the user into calling the telephone number contained in the message, with the aim of obtaining personal data.

• Virus

• Worm

• Vishing

• Unsubscribe

Fake SMS messages designed to trick users into giving away personal information or installing malware. Similar to phishing.

• Skimmer

• Copyright

• Piracy

• Smishing

A type of stand-alone virus that can self-replicate, with the aim of spreading to other computers and corrupting whole networks.

• Virus

• Worm

• Vishing

• Unsubscribe

Information used by an algorithm to turn plain text into cipher text.

• Decryption key

• Primary key field

• Record

• Encryption key

A type of key logging software that works by capturing screen images at random intervals.

• Screen recorder

• Malware

• Personal data

• Key logging software

A data capture device that allows a criminal to record all the data stored on the magnetic stripe of a credit or debit card and create a fake card.

• Skimmer

• Shimmer

• Smishing

• Trojan horse

A suite of software, located on a network gateway server, which protects the resources of a network or computer from users on another network.

• HTTPS

• Firewall

• Gateway

• Questionnaire

A form of data theft in which criminals steal personal information from a victim when they are carrying out financial transactions.

• Malware

• Shoulder surfing

• Shimmer

• Pharming