Part 3 Flashcards
when someone gains access to a website, program, server, service, or other system using someone else’s account.
Unauthorized Access
Any attempt to intrude into a computer or a network without authorization. This involves changing of system or security features in a bid to accomplish a goal that differs from the intended purpose of the system.
Hacking
What are the various kinds of hackers?
- White hats
- Black hats hackers
- Gray hat hackers
also known as ethical hackers, strive to operate in the publics best interest, rather than to create turmoil.
White hat hackers
This kind of hackers work doing penetration, to attempt to break into the company’s networks to find and report on security vulnerabilities.
White hat hackers
this kind of hackers, hack to take control over the system for personal gains.
Black hat hackers
This kind of hackers destroy, steal and even prevent authorized users from accessing the system.
Black hat hackers
They belong to the neutral zone. They act in the middle ground between white hat hackers, who operate on behalf of those maintaining secure systems, and sometimes act as black hat hackers who act maliciously to exploit vulnerabilities in systems.
Gray hat hackers
is breaking into a network; bypasses passwords or licenses in computer programs; or in other ways intentionally breaches computer security.
Cracking
also act as Black Hats by gaining access to the accounts of people maliciously and misusing this information across networks.
Crackers
They can steal credit card information, they can destroy important files, disclose crucial data and information or personal details and sell them for personal gains.
Crackers
is the process of intruding computer systems without authorization in order to gain access to them, for good or bad purposes
Hacking
is breaking into the security system for criminal and illegal reasons or for personal gains only.
Cracking
is the crime committed via a computer and internet with the intent to corrupt another individual’s personal and financial information stored online from people illegally by deceiving them.
Cyber Fraud
is a type of scam in which criminals attempt to obtain someone’s personal information by pretending to be a legitimate source
Spoofing or Phishing
is a technique used in spam and phishing attacks to trick users into thinking a message came from a person or entity they either know or can trust.
Email Spoofing
Text message spoofing sometimes referred to as?
Smishing
It happens when scammers set up a fraudulent website to obtain information from victims or to install malware on their computers.
URL spoofing
are false reports about non-existent viruses, often claiming to do impossible things like blow up the recipient’s computer and set it on fire, or less sensationally, delete everything on the user’s computer
Virus hoax emails
These are emails, which inform the recipient that he/ she has won a prize in a lottery.
Lottery Frauds
is the unauthorized use of a credit or debit card, or similar payment tool to fraudulently obtain money or property.
Credit card Frauds
is the scheme of obtaining the personal, financial information or other information of another person to use their identity to commit fraud or other illegal activities.
Identity Theft
Unauthorized use of Internet hours paid for by another person.
Theft of internet hours
It refers to unlawful attacks and threats of attacks against computers, networks and the information stored therein when done to intimidate or coerce a government or its people in furtherance of political or social objectives.
Cyber Terrorism
is the act of using cyberspace to create, display, distribute, import, or publish pornography or obscene materials, especially materials depicting children engaged in sexual acts with adults.
Cyber Pornography
is a term used when someone has posted or emailed something that is untrue and damaging about someone else on the social media, including blogs, chat rooms, personal websites, social media, social networking sites, or other published articles
Cyber-Libel or Cyber Defamation
Cyber Defamation is also called?
Cyber Smearing
refers to the use of the Internet, e-mail, or other electronic communications device to stalk and later on harass another person.
Cyber Stalking
accomplish this by flooding the target with traffic, or sending many information that triggers a crash on someone’s computer or computer network
Denial of Service Attacks
occurs when multiple systems flood the bandwidth or resources of a targeted system, usually one or more web servers
Distributed Denial of Service Attack (DDoS attack)
is a technique by which cyber-criminals steal money or resources a bit at a time so that it will be remain unnoticeable.
Salami Slicing Attack
is a common cyberattack where malware executes unauthorized actions on the victim’s computer system. The malicious software encompasses many specific types of attacks like infecting computers.
Malware Attack
What are the common types of Malware?
- Adware
- Ransomware
- Rootkit
- Trojan horse
- Virus
- Worm
is a type of malware that automatically delivers advertisements
Adware
is malicious software that infects your computer and displays messages demanding a fee to be paid in order for your system to work again.
Ransomware
is a type of malicious software designed to remotely access or control a computer without being detected by users or security programs
Rootkit
is a type of malware that disguises itself as a normal file or program to trick users into downloading and installing malware.
Trojan Horse
can give a malicious party remote access to an infected computer
Trojan Horse
are designed to damage the target computer or device by corrupting data, reformatting your hard disk, or completely shutting down your system
Virus
is a type of malware that spreads copies of itself from computer to computer. A worm can replicate itself without any human interaction, and it does not need to attach itself to a software program in order to cause damage.
Worm
