Cybersecurity - malware
Across
- 2. The Computer ____ Act makes it an offence to impair the operation of a computer
- 3. Do this to movies or games from illegal websites to catch a become infected from a computer virus
- 7. Gaining unauthorised access to a computer system
- 10. Attacker demands that a ransom be paid before they decrypt files and unlock the computer
- 11. A large collection of malware-infected devices
- 12. Self-replicating software
Down
- 1. May be disguised as a game which then gives an attacker access via a backdoor
- 2. Malicious software
- 4. Distributed Denial of Service attack
- 5. Monitors and gathers information on a person and how they use their computer
- 6. Replicates themselves and spread through the network and use the system's resources
- 8. Displays malicious adverts or pop-ups
- 9. Records every keystroke made by a user