Cyber security

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Across
  1. 1. Systematically guessing passwords until the correct one is found.
  2. 3. a small local area network of computer terminology
  3. 7. a computer typically one on a network
  4. 8. a type of malicious software
  5. 9. A security process requiring two forms of identification.
  6. 12. An attacker secretly intercepts communication between two parties.
  7. 16. the person sending the phishing attempts
  8. 18. security protocol that uses encryption at a lower level
  9. 19. An incident where sensitive information is stolen or viewed without authorization.
  10. 21. Malicious software that secretly gathers information about a user's activity and transmits it to a third party.
  11. 22. software that is intended to do harm or damage
  12. 24. A weakness in a system, application, or network that could be exploited by a threat actor to gain unauthorized access.
  13. 25. a file that controls a collection of other files
  14. 26. A tool that extends a private network across a public network,
Down
  1. 2. the email address from which the email was sent
  2. 4. Malware disguised as legitimate software to trick users.
  3. 5. letters or numbers used to authenticate identity
  4. 6. practice of sending fraudulent email, to include people to share sensitive information
  5. 10. random access memory
  6. 11. a software mechanism that defines how data is named, stored, organized, by partitioned memory
  7. 13. A malicious attempt to disrupt normal traffic of a targeted server
  8. 14. The process of converting information or data into a code
  9. 15. software that can stop malware from entering
  10. 17. a person with advanced technical skills in computer programming
  11. 20. central processing until the brains of your computer
  12. 23. an HTML file