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