Flashcards 10.1

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Computer Security Risk

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any event or action that could cause loss of or damage to computer hardware, software, and data

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Computer Crime

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any illigal act involving a computer generally centered to as a computer crime

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Cybercrime

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online/internet based crime/ criminal acts

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Hacker

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someone who acesses a computer or network illegally

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Cracker

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someone who acesses a computer or network illegally with the intent of destroying data / stealing information

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Script Kiddie

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some intent as a cracker but doesn't have the teen skills uses prewritten programs to crack and hack

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Coperate spies

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have excelent computer networking skills hired to break into a specific computer and steal its data companies hire them to gain advantages

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cyberextortionists

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someone who uses email as a vehicle for extraction use it as a threat to release confidential information

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Melware

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Computer viruses worms, trojan horses, etc. programs that act without a user knoldege and altetr the computer

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payload

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destructive event or prank the program is intended to deliver

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trusted sourse

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organization or person you believe will not send a virus infected file knowledge

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Botnet

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group of compromized computers connected to a network such as the internet that are used as a part of a network that attacks another network

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Zombie

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compromized computer who's owner is unaware that the computer is being controlled by an outsider

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DOS Attack

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denial of service assult whose purpose is to disrupt computer acess

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back door

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programs or set of instructions in a program that allows you to bypass security

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spoofing

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technique intruders use to make their network appear regilament to a victim computer or network

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unauthorized use

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use of a computer or its data for unapproved or possible illigal activities

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unauthorized acess

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use of a computer or network without permission

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CAPTCHA

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completely automated public turnin test to tell computers and humans apart

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processed object

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any item you must carry to gain acess to a computer facility

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Biometric Device

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authenticates a persons's idenity by transmitting a personal charateristic into a digital code

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Digital forensics

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discovery collection of vindence found on computers