Cyber-Dependent Offenses

Question 1

These are the offenses that are strictly committed using information and communication technologies. … crimes target network systems and data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Answer 1

Cyber-dependent offenses

Question 2

refers to someone manipulating a computer system or private network to access digital files or systems without proper authorization

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Hacking

Question 3

Hacking can be classified into five categories:

Answer 3

• Unauthorized access
• Modification of data
• Impairment of data
• Interception of data
• Misuse of assets

Question 4

refers to gaining logical or physical entry to a network, data, website, program, or another system, without proper authorization or credentials.

Answer 4

Unauthorized access

Question 5

refers to inserting, removing, or altering data without proper authorization

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Modification of data

Question 6

refers to disrupting the transmission or communication of data

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Impairment of data

Question 7

refers to unauthorized access and alteration in the data transmission between machines for personal and financial gain

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Interception of data

Question 8

refers to the unauthorized use of company files, systems, computers, and networks to damage the company’s properties.

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Misuse of assets

Question 9

These are the attacks that use computers against other computers or networks to modify, steal, or gain information through authorized access. An insider or an outsider can initiate an attack.

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Cyber-attack

Question 10

an attack from inside the security perimeter, also called “insider”

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Inside attack

Question 11

an attack from outside the security perimeter of the system, also called “outsider”

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Outside attack

Question 12

or malicious software- is software-based hacking and cyber-attacking tools.

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Malware

Question 13

This is designed to spread from one program to another, which can self-replicate. When a virus is executed, it replicates itself by changing other computer programs, documents, or boot sectors.

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Virus

Question 14

Unlike viruses, this standalone malware replicates itself without human intervention. It uses a computer network to spread itself by depending on the security failures of the targeted computer to access it.

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Worm

Question 15

.. horse or .. virus, appears as a legitimate program when downloaded to a computer. It can be found on file-sharing sites, email attachments, sketchy websites, and hacked Wi-Fi networks

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Trojan

Question 16

sends massive amounts of unsolicited commercial emails to illegally acquired email addresses. While this is illegal, these programs are not fundamentally destructive

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Spammer

Question 17

used to perform illegal activities such as creating malicious pop-up advertisements, capturing banking login details, and taking screenshots of the visited websites.

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Spyware