Cybersecurity Week Crossword
Across
- 3. A small file from a website that tracks your actions
- 4. Malicious software that prevents access to a system until a ransom is paid
- 6. A website used to attract hackers, without risking corporate data
- 7. Bulk or unwanted emails
- 8. Software to disrupt, damage or gain unauthorised access to a computer system
- 9. Occurs when an unauthorised person bypasses access control measures for a restricted area by being granted access through an authorised user, who subjects themselves to the access control measures
- 11. A person that has the potential to or causes actual damage to an organisation through using their authorized access to systems
- 14. Practice of granting required access to authorized persons based on job requirements
- 15. Type of attack that overwhelms a system or network with excessive requests, making it unusable to legitimate users
Down
- 1. A person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data
- 2. A technique used to disguise the sender's identity to gain sensitive information
- 5. Method of exploiting social interactions that trick users to reveal sensitive information to gain access to a system
- 9. A form of social engineering that is done via email or other messages
- 10. Sofware that automatically displays advertisements
- 12. Publishing someone's personal information online without their consent
- 13. A combination of username, password or biometrics to authenticate access a system