Computer Security Related Topic

Question 1

Software Piracy

Answer 1

Is the act of using digital media without copyright approval.

Question 2

Digital Millennium

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The DMCA was developed in 1998, and the bill criminalized the production or use if devices and technology designed to bypass copyright measures. In addition, it strengthen existing copyright laws on digital media and the methods through which it can be copied or used.

Question 3

Sarbanes-Oxley Act

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Passed in 2002 and strengthened regulations on electronic financial and data reporting by companies.

Question 4

Spam

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Spam is the use of electronic systems, usually e-mail, to spend bulk messages.

Question 5

Phishing

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A ploy in which a person attempts to gain access to information, usually bank or credit card information, through falsely posing as an authority in an e-mail or re-directed internet website.

Question 6

Spear-Phishing

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This is phishing that is deliberately targeting an individual, rather than just sending random Email/phone calls.

Question 7

Whaling

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This phishing attack is usually targeted at executives or those with riches. It is targeted at individuals like spear phishing, but the targets tend to be people with access to sensitive data or great amounts of money.

Question 8

Spoofing

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Spoofing is generally defined as the use of a forged account, material, or address to send or upload data or messages.

A hack may “spoof” an Email to make it appear to come from someone else

Question 9

Pharming

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Pharming is the redirection of a website to a different, usually fake, website.

Question 10

Malware

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Malware is short for malicious software, and includes viruses, worms,Trojan horses, spyware, adware.

Question 11

Computer Viruses

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Are generally malicious software programs designed in some way to damage a computer. Harmful activities can include stealing CPU and memory resources, corrupting and accessing private information

Question 12

Worms

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A worm is considered a sub-type of virus. What makes a worm different than a virus is that it spreads itself without attaching to a different program or file.

Question 13

Zombie Computers

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Zombie Computers are those which have been infected by a virus or other malware on a network.

Question 14

Trojan Horse

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A program that acts like an innocent program, but when executed performs some other function besides what it is supposed to.

Question 15

Antivirus

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A program used to track down and delete malicious programs on a computer.

Question 16

Hacking

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Generally referred to as the illegal exploitation of security weakness in a computer or network to gain access to a computer or server.

Question 17

Firewall

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A security system that be either be hardware (a physical piece of firewall equipment) or software (a program that does the same with software instead of hardware.)

Question 18

Encryption

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Is the ciphering (encryption or translation) of data into a code, which requires a compatible code to decipher it.

Question 19

PGP

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Stands for “Pretty Good Privacy” and is an encryption used to secure Emails and files.