Across
- 2. Short for distributed denial of service.
- 3. Messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network.
- 5. Irrelevant/innapropriate messages sent to a large number of people through through the internet.
- 10. A program designed to breach the security of a computer system while ostensibly performing some innocuous function.
- 11. A part of a computer system or network that is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting outward communication.
- 14. Software that enables a user to obtain covert information about another's computer activities by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive.
- 15. A piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data.
Down
- 1. A self-replicating program able to propagate itself across a network, typically having a detrimental effect.
- 4. A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.
- 6. Software that is intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems.
- 7. The programs and other operating information used by a computer.
- 8. To request confidential information over the internet or by telephone under false pretenses in order to fraudulently obtain credit card numbers, passwords, or other personal data.
- 9. Being protected against the criminal or unauthorized use of electronic data, or the measures taken to achieve this.
- 12. Someone who uses programs to gain unauthorized access to a computer and its data.
- 13. A fast spreading virus that is distributed as an attachment on an email.