Cybersecurity

2. Is an encrypted connection over the Internet from a device to a network
4. Is a derogative term that computer hackers coined to refer to immature, but often just as dangerous, exploiters of internet security weaknesses
5. A form of malware that hijacks your system and encrypts your files, denying you access to them until you send money to unlock everything
6. A form of malware used by hackers to spy on you and your computer activities
9. A scam where a hacker poses as a legitimate business or organization in order to fool the victim into giving them sensitive personal information
11. A portmanteau of “malicious” and “software”, describing a wide variety of bad software used to infect and/or damage a system

1. While someone is tricked into clicking on one object on a web page when they want to click on another, this practice is known as clickjacking
2. Malware which changes, corrupts, or destroys information, and is then passed on to other systems
3. Yet another form of malware, this one a misleading computer program that looks innocent, but in fact allows the hacker into your system via a back door.
7. A means of attack on a computer system, either a series of commands, malicious software, or piece of infected data
8. Any technology, be it software or hardware, used to keep intruders out
10. Malware that can reproduce itself for the purposes of spreading itself to other computers in the network