Security of data

Question 1

Define phising

Answer 1

Carried out over emails pretending to be a legitimate organisations like bank and societies to take customer’s bank details, credit cards, passwords

Question 2

Preventions from phising

Answer 2

• Ignore to emails from sender you don’t know

- Never give your bank details or passwords out over the emails.

Question 3

Define pharming

Answer 3

Infect legitimate websites with malicious code that will re-direct you to their false version of the website.

Question 4

Prevention from pharming

Answer 4

Check for the url
- Secure website will begin with https
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Question 5

Define smishing

Answer 5

Same as phising but they are fraudulent messages are sent via text messages rather than emails.

Question 6

Define spam

Answer 6

‘Junk email’, unwanted emails and it is sent automatically to thousand email’s inboxes.

Question 7

Why do people send spam?

Answer 7

• To gain people’s personal data through phising
• To advertise low quality’s products
• To spread virus

Question 8

How to prevent spam?

Answer 8

• Use spam filters

- Don’t post your email addresses in public websites like chat rooms.

Question 9

Define hacking

Answer 9

The process of accessing computer system without permission

Question 10

Causes of hacking?

Answer 10

To cause damage to files and data by deleting or changing them
To commit fraud by stealing data (bank numbers etc)
To access sensitive information

Question 11

How to prevent hacking?

Answer 11

• Firewall, which provide a shield between ypur computer and Internet
• Hard passwords
• Data encryption, makes the files unreadable if the user does not know the passwords to un-encrypt them

Question 12

Give ways to check that online information is correct

Answer 12

• use well known websites
• verify the information by checking it on several different websites
• try and stay away from sites where just anyone can post the information

Question 13

Give ways to avoid undesirable information

Answer 13

• stick to well known websites that you have heard of
• use built-in search engine filters. Google has a feature which will exclude search results
• use parental controls which are built into most modern browsers - block access to many undesirable websites

Question 14

Define back up

Answer 14

To make a duplicate but separate stored copy of the contents of a computer - held data set

Question 15

Define clipboard

Answer 15

Temporary storage area for an item during its transfer from one part of document to another