Network Security Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. any piece of software, malicious or not, that displays advertisements on a computer.
  2. 7. malware that threatens to publish the victims personal data, block access to the computer, unless a ransom is paid.
  3. 8. malicious software that aims to gather information about a person or organisation.
  4. 10. a cyberattack that redirects a website’s traffic to another, fake site by installing malware on the computer.
  5. 11. software that is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorised access to a computer system.
  6. 12. A person who gains unauthorised access to computer files or networks in order to further social or political ends.
Down
  1. 1. The practice of protecting system, networks and programs from digital attacks
  2. 2. A person who uses computers to gain unauthorised access to data.
  3. 4. malware that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers.
  4. 5. logging what keys people have tapped on the keyboard
  5. 6. programs which users are tricked into installing under the pretence that they are legitimate and useful.
  6. 9. A computer program which is hidden within another program (the ‘host’ program). the virus code is only run when the host program is executed.