Protecting Your Device from Security Threats

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Across
  1. 2. a social engineering technique that redirects a user from a real website to a fake website without the user's knowledge.
  2. 4. in cybersecurity, involves keeping out those who do not have permission to see the data.
  3. 8. something, such as a communication, that is intended to cause damage or harm.
  4. 10. malicious software or code designed to damage or gain illegal access to a computer system.
  5. 11. an attempt that tries to use every word in a dictionary to guess a password.
  6. 13. a person good at hacking and wants to inflict harm to a computer system.
  7. 16. malicious software that captures data about a person without them knowing or without their permission.
  8. 19. a practice that requires two pieces of data to prove your identity.
  9. 22. malicious software that when executed causes damage to a device. It can spread from computer to computer.
  10. 23. the process of protecting technology against attacks.
  11. 24. a cyber security model that is composed of three principles: confidentiality, integrity and availability.
  12. 25. a social engineering technique that uses a fake story to manipulate people into sharing private information.
  13. 26. software that displays or downloads advertising content.
Down
  1. 1. a cybersecurity professional who performs hacking for legal reasons.
  2. 3. a social engineering technique that uses a fake message that appears to be from a trusted source to trick a user into clicking on a link or sharing private information.
  3. 5. a social engineering technique that tempts someone to do something.
  4. 6. in cybersecurity, ensures the data is available to the right people when they need it.
  5. 7. individuals who use a computer to get into another device or network that doesn't belong to them.
  6. 9. a copy of the data on a computer device that can be used to replace the original data if it becomes damaged or lost.
  7. 12. malicious software that encrypts a file or folder or system and requires a ransom to unlock it.
  8. 14. malicious software that looks harmful but allows unauthorized access to systems.
  9. 15. an attempt to guess a password using trail and error.
  10. 16. a threat that tricks someone into revealing or doing something they normally wouldn't do.
  11. 17. software that looks for malware on a device. It uses code patterns from malware called signatures in its search.
  12. 18. malicious software that multiplies on a computer until the device is out of memory. It can spread from computer to computer.
  13. 20. in cybersecurity, ensures that the data is correct and has not been tampered with.
  14. 21. software that stores and manages passwords securely.