5.3 threats

Question 1

what is phishing

Answer 1

misleading individuals or organizations into giving up sensitive information such as passwords often through the use of emails

Question 2

hacking

Answer 2

exploiting weaknesses in a system or network to create view or modify or delete files without permission

Question 3

trojan

Answer 3

appears to be a useful or well known program but when downloaded and installed it secretly gives the attacker access data without user knowing

Question 4

interception

Answer 4

when data packets on a network are intercepted and copied edited or transferred to a different location than the intended destination

Question 5

eaves dropping

Answer 5

intercepting in real time private communication such as instant messages or video calls

Question 6

social engineering

Answer 6

tricking individuals into giving sensitive information by claiming to be from their department etc

Question 7

viruses

Answer 7

a virus can replicate itself from a system by attaching itself to infected files that are then downloaded and opened, once activated virus can modify data or corrupt a system so that it stops working