Cybersecurity
Across
- 3. Trick users into revealing confidential info through manipulation
- 6. Protects a network by filtering traffic
- 8. attempting many passwords quickly to gain access
- 9. Software that demands payment to restore access
- 11. Secret word or phrase used for authentication
- 14. Intelligence gathered from publicly available sources
- 15. Weakness in a system that can be exploited
Down
- 1. A program that appears legitimate but is harmful
- 2. Unauthorized attempt to access a system
- 4. Act of protecting systems and data
- 5. Small piece of data stored by websites
- 7. Software that replicates itself across networks
- 10. Malicious software designed to harm or exploit a system
- 12. disguising communication to hide true intent
- 13. Attack that overwhelms a server with traffic