Across
- 2. any of a number of creeping or burrowing invertebrate animals with long, slender soft bodies and no limbs.
- 3. a person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data.
- 7. burning fiercely and emitting flames.: "they dragged her away from the flaming car".
- 10. he fraudulent appropriation and use of someone's identifying or personal data or documents, as a credit card
- 11. Computers. software that is installed surreptitiously and gathers information about an internet user's browsing habits, intercepts the user's personal data, etc., transmitting this information to a third party
- 13. a person who makes a deliberately offensive or provocative online post.
- 14. tools, machinery, and other durable equipment.: "tanks and other military hardware
Down
- 1. a hollow wooden statue of a horse in which the Greeks concealed themselves in order to enter Troy.
- 4. a dishonest scheme; a fraud.: "an insurance scam".
- 5. an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host.: "a virus infection".
- 6. the programs and other operating information used by a computer.: "the software industry".
- 7. a partition made of fireproof material to prevent the spread of a fire from one part of a building or ship to another or to isolate an engine compartment, as on a plane, automobile, etc.
- 8. the practice of using fraudulent e-mails and copies of legitimate websites to extract financial data from computer users for purposes of identity theft
- 9. software intended to damage a computer, mobile device, computer system, or computer network, or to take partial control over its operation
- 12. irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the internet to a large number of recipients.