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VID 3 Flashcards

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o This international treaty or convention was held to seek or to address cybercrime or to provide solution, to provide measures in terms of combating cybercrime.

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Budapest Convention on Cyber Crime

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is when someone gains access to a website, program, server, service, or other system using someone else’s account.

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  • Unauthorized access
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is done to remove paid software requirements or pop-up purchase reminders so that people can access the software for free.

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software cracking

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strive to operate in the publics best interest, rather than to create turmoil.

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 White hats
* Also known as ethical hackers

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  • Any attempt to intrude into a computer or a network without authorization.
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Hacking

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work doing penetration, to attempt to break into the company’s networks to find and report on security vulnerabilities.

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white hats hackers

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  • Is breaking into a network; bypasses passwords or licenses in computer programs; or in other ways intentionally breaches computer security.
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Cracking

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by gaining access to the accounts of people maliciously and misusing this information across networks.

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Cracking

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  • An individual who involves themselves in hacking activities is known as a .
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hacker

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  • This involves changing of system or security features in a bid to accomplish a goal that differs from the intended purpose of the system.
  • It can also refer to non-malicious activities, usually involving unusual or improvised alterations to equipment or processes.
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Hacking

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can be described as gaining unauthorized access to a computer system by improper means.

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Hacking

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can be describes as gaining access to a computer system using usual means of access but without consent.

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Unauthorized access

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  • This kind of hackers, hack to take control over the system for personal gains.
  • They destroy, steal and even prevent authorized users from accessing the system.
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 Black hat hackers

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  • 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.
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 Gray hat hackers

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  • 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.
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Cracking

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is breaking into the security system for criminal and illegal reasons or for personal gains only.

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cracking

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is considered as the “HIGHEST FORM OF HACKING”.

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o Cracking

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is the process of intruding computer systems without authorization in order to gain access to them, for good or bad purposes

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Hacking

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  • 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.
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Cyber Fraud

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is a paid program that has had its copy protections removed.

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Cracked” software

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  • Is the act of infiltrating a local area network (LAN).
  • Sometimes referred to as web cracking or wired equivalent privacy (WEP) cracking, this usually involves accessing poorly secure networks.
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 Network cracking

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  • Is the act of stealing people’s passwords from databases.
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 Password cracking

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attacks to trick users into thinking a message came from a person or entity they either know or can trust.

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  • In email spoofing ,
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  • is a type of scam in which criminals attempt to obtain someone’s personal information by pretending to be a legitimate source.
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The text message may appear to come from a legitimate source, such as your bank.
 Text Message Spoofing * Sometimes referred to as smishing
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the sender forges email headers so that client software displays the fraudulent sender address, which most users take at face value.
* In email spoofing attacks,
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happens when scammers set up a fraudulent website to obtain information from victims or to install malware on their computers.
* URL spoofing
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* It may request that you call a certain phone number or click on a link within the message, with the goal of getting you to divulge personal information.
 Text Message Spoofing * Sometimes referred to as smishing
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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
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* These are emails, which inform the recipient that he/ she has won a prize in a lottery.
b. Lottery Frauds
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is the unauthorized use of a credit or debit card, or similar payment tool to fraudulently obtain money or property. * Credit and debit card numbers can be stolen from unsecured websites or can be obtained in an identity theft scheme.
* Credit card fraud
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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
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* 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.
g. Cyber-libel or cyber defamation ; Cyber smearing.
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* Unauthorized use of Internet hours paid for by another person.
d. Theft of Internet Hours
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* 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.
e. Cyber Terrorism
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* 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.
f. Cyber Pornography
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refers to the use of the Internet, e-mail, or other electronic communications device to stalk and later on harass another person.
* Cyber-stalking
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Cyber stalking is punishable siya under ___or the so-called Anti bullying Act of 2013.
RA 10627
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* Occurs when multiple systems flood the bandwidth or resources of a targeted system, usually one or more web servers.
j. Distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack)
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accomplish this by flooding the target with traffic, or sending many information that triggers a crash on someone’s computer or computer network.
i. Denial of Service attacks * DoS attacks
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is a type of malware that disguises itself as a normal file or program to trick users into downloading and installing malware.
* Trojan horse, commonly known as a “Trojan,”
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* Is a common cyberattack where malware executes unauthorized actions on the victim’s computer system.
l. Malware (Malicious Software) attack
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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 ; o Also known as Salami fraud.
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encompasses many specific types of attacks like infecting computers.
malicious software
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* Is malicious software that infects your computer and displays messages demanding a fee to be paid in order for your system to work again.
b. Ransomware
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is a type of malware that automatically delivers advertisements.
a. Adware * (Advertising-supported software)
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is a type of malicious software designed to remotely access or control a computer without being detected by users or security programs.
* A rootkit
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* Once a IT has been installed it is possible for the malicious party behind the IT to remotely execute files, access/steal information.
* A rootkit
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is a type of malware that spreads copies of itself from computer to computer.
worm
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* are designed to damage the target computer or device by corrupting data, reformatting your hard disk, or completely shutting down your system.
Viruses
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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

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