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