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WorksheetsIGCSE Comp Sci - Security revision
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Hacking is
Malicious code installed to redirect users to a fake website
A way of gaining illegal access to a computer system
Sitting on a cool PC chair in black hoodie at night and staring at green digits on a monitor
Malicious code installed to redirect users to a fake website
Virus in comp sci context is
A form of encryption requiring both a public and a private key
A thing that makes your computer cough
Program code that can replicate/copy itself with the intention of
deleting/corrupting data/files or causing the computer to malfunction
Malicious code installed to redirect users to a fake website
Phishing is
Sending legitimate-looking emails to encourage users to give out personal data
The editing of program source code so that it can be exploited or changed for a specific purpose
Playing fishing games on a PC professionally
Used to verify that data comes from a trusted source
Pharming is
Pieces of data which allow detection of web pages viewed by a user and store their preferences
A way of gaining illegal access to a computer system
Playing farming games on a PC semi-professionally
Malicious code installed to redirect users to a fake website
Shareware is
Software that a user can download free of charge and use for free forever, no caveats
Software that user can try out for free for a trial period
Used to verify that data comes from a trusted source
Part of Ukrainian national dress (for real though, sounds very similar)
Symmetric encryption is
A form of encryption requiring both a public and a private key
A set of principles set out to regulate use of computers
A way of gaining illegal access to a computer system
A form of encryption using one private key for both sender and recipient
Spyware / key-logging software is
Software that gathers data by monitoring key presses on user's keyboards
A form of encryption requiring both a public and a private key
Malicious code installed to redirect users to a fake website
Secret type of software that only spies can use
Asymmetric encryption is
Allows data to be sent and received securely across a network
A secret key which makes a message unreadable unless the recipient also has the decryption key
A form of encryption requiring both a public and a private key
too much to comprehend
Authentication is
Used to verify that data comes from a trusted source
An attempt at preventing users from accessing part of a network, notably internet servers
A way of gaining illegal access to a computer system
Denial of Service attack is
an attempt at preventing users from accessing part of a network, notably internet servers
A protocol that is designed to ensure that no third party may
eavesdrop or tamper with any message
Software that gathers data by monitoring key presses on user's keyboards
When someone denies you service at restaurant and then attacks you
