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WorksheetsThreat to data
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 16mins
Malware is...
Malicious Software (Viruses, Trojans, Spyware)
Intercepting data when it is been sent
Taking down a website by flooding it with data and traffic
Gaining unauthorised access to a computer
A Man in the Middle Attack is...
Malicious Software (Viruses, Trojans, Spyware)
Intercepting data when it is been sent
Taking down a website by flooding it with data and traffic
Gaining unauthorised access to a computer
A Denial of Service Attack is...
Malicious Software (Viruses, Trojans, Spyware)
Intercepting data when it is been sent
Taking down a website by flooding it with data and traffic
Gaining unauthorised access to a computer
Hacking is...
Malicious Software (Viruses, Trojans, Spyware)
Intercepting data when it is been sent
Taking down a website by flooding it with data and traffic
Gaining unauthorised access to a computer
Internal Threats to a company can be...
Employees visiting untrustworthy websites
Employees bringing in portable devices containing malware
Someone hacking a computer from across the internet
Someone flooding the company website with traffic and data to take it down
Malware can include
Viruses
MitM Attacks
DOS
Spyware
What is ransomware?
Steals information from your computer
Locks and encrypts your computer and asks for money
Robs you
Gives you back your data once you pay
What does DDOS do?
Flood a server with requests causing it to go offline
Stops you from accessing the internet
Makes your website crash
What is phishing?
Getting your dinner to go with some chips
Looking for information
Gathering personal information for fraudulent use
What are 2 internal threats to a company?
Staff passing confidential information on
Visiting untrustworthy websites
Misuse of equipment
Getting hacked and viruses
Select ALL the malware
Worm
Trojan Horse
WAN
Virus
Malware is the term used to describe mail that is phishing for personal data.
True
False
A computer ****** is one type of malware (malicious software) which is installed without your knowledge, with the purpose of doing harm . A ******** is a program which infects (embeds itself in) other programs or data files. It is easily spread if a user innocently sends an infected file to someone else
Virus
Trojan Horse
WAN
Worm
•A ******* is a type of malware
•It is a standalone program that does need to attach itself to an existing program in order to spread
Virus
Trojan Horse
WAN
Worm
•may open a “back door” into your computer system through which your personal information can be harvested.
•It can also use your computer power and network bandwidth to send thousands of spam emails to others.
Virus
Trojan Horse
WAN
Worm
Spyware is software that gathers information about a person or organisation without their knowledge?
True
False
Which is NOT illegal
Virus
DDos
Trojan Horse
Adware
Your password should contain the following:
letters, numbers, symbols
letters only
numbers only
symbols only
