Across
- 5. Something that secures or makes safe; protection; defense.
- 6. The process of encoding a message or information in such a way that only authorized parties can access it and those who are not authorized cannot.
- 7. Intending or intended to do harm.
- 8. Exposure to the chance of injury or loss.
Down
- 1. To try to obtain financial or other confidential information from Internet users, typically by sending an email that looks as if it is from a legitimate organization, usually a financial institution, but contains a link to a fake website that replicates the real one.
- 2. The act or a result of breaking.
- 3. Malware planted illegally in a computer or mobile device that disables its operation or access to its data until the owner or operator pays to regain control or access.
- 4. A segment of self-replicating code planted illegally in a computer program, often to damage or shut down a system or network.