Across
- 2. engineering a strategy that attempts to manipulate or deceive a user so that they give up their personal information
- 4. a type of cyberattack in which a hacker intercepts a message between two entities in order to spy on them or steal their information
- 5. the process of encoding a message or data so that people need a secret key or password to read it
- 12. the information that exists about a person as a result of their online activity
- 14. software that secretly collects information about you
- 18. any information that can be used to identify, contact, or locate an individual
- 19. the protection of digital devices, such as phones or computers, against attacks
Down
- 1. software that aims to cause damage to your computer or network
- 3. a group of computers or other digital devices connected together in some way
- 6. a type of cyberattack in which a hacker sends a text message in order to try and steal your personal information
- 7. when an attacker uses an existing list of words as potential passwords
- 8. as packets of data travel through a computer network, they stop at many different "nodes" along the way
- 9. a contract that gives a user the right to use software
- 10. a type of cyberattack in which a hacker sends an email that contains bad links, harmful attachements, or requests for money
- 11. data that desccribe or define another piece of data
- 13. authentication an extra layer of cybersecurity that requires two different types of validation before allowing access
- 15. when you send a message, or submit information, through the internet, your message is broken up into smaller packets of data
- 16. when an attacker tries many different passwords in hopes of guessing correctly
- 17. a type of cyberattack in which a hacker pretends to be someone you know, or an organization you trust, in order to gain access to your information