Cybersecurity Month
Across
- 2. A highly skilled computer expert involved with circumvention of computer security
- 4. Defrauding an online account holder of personal or financial information by posing as a legitimate company, typically via a fake email
- 5. A type of malware that is often disguised as legitimate software
- 6. Software that is intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems
- 7. A part of a computer network that is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting outward communication
- 9. Code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data
Down
- 1. A type of fraud that targets high-profile end users such as C-level corporate executives, politicians and celebrities
- 3. A type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid
- 8. A self-replicating computer program that penetrates an operating system with the intent of spreading malicious code