Cybersecurity Crossword

5. Using advertisements to trick people into visiting malicious sites
7. Accessing cookies from your web browser to steal personal data
8. Files you download that contain malware
9. converting data using an algorithm so it cannot be readable by third-parties
11. the use of a computer program to record every keystroke to steal passwords

1. the practice of sending emails pretending to be from reputable companies in order to steal personal data
2. an attack meant to shut down a machine or network by flooding it with traffic, making it inaccessible to its intended users
3. Elements in the website that do not perform their designated task.
4. the participants of the communication and negotiate an encryption algorithm
6. a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.
10. Same as DOS attack, except with multiple computers or machines
12. a local or restricted communications network, especially a private network created using World Wide Web software.