cybersecurity keywords

Question 1

anti malware

Answer 1

A piece of software that prevents malicious code from entering or running in your system.

Question 2

heuristic analysis

Answer 2

scans the entirety of a code for anything malicious like trying to access or change registry numbers or OS or BIOS instructions.

Question 3

behaviour analysis

Answer 3

Uses sandboxing to let the program run, and if it attempts to do something harmful, it gets deleted.

Question 4

dictionary detection

Answer 4

Scanning a database for the hashes of a piece of code, and if it is similar to anything in the server, or dictionary, the program is deleted.

Question 5

false positive

Answer 5

when the anti malware comes up with “its a virus, delete it” when actually its a legitimate program.

Question 6

signature analysis

Answer 6

scans the hash of a program against a database to see if it is close to it.

Question 7

false negative

Answer 7

much more dangerous than a false positive, this one lets a program through, thinking it’s safe, when actually its malware.

Question 8

quarantine

Answer 8

a program is taken to a separate place in the network or system where it most likely cannot harm anything.

Question 9

rootkit

Answer 9

attempts to gain admin access to a system, that often disables antivirus stealthily to let other malware in.

Question 10

clean

Answer 10

often refers to a program that is not malicious.

Question 11

delete

Answer 11

removal of a program or file.

Question 12

worm

Answer 12

self replicates itself around the network, does not need any interaction with the user.

Question 13

trojan

Answer 13

disguises itself as a legitimate program when actually its malware. Needs the user to download it first.

Question 14

sandbox

Answer 14

a place in the system where suspected programs will go to be safely tested.