definition: sending a afake email or message pretending to
be from a bank or organisation, which tricks people into
trying to log on to the fake website, stealing their login
details
Malware
Ransomware
definition: malware that
encrypts users files and
demands a ransom to
decrypt them
Botnets
definition: a network of
computers which contain
malware allowing them to be
controlled by a hacker
Keyloggers
definition: malware that
records every keypress and
sends it to a hacker for
analysis
Definition: malicious
software, designed to cause
harm
Attempts to compromise a
system or obtain unauthorised
digital data (hacking)
Cyber defences
Security Software (antivirus)
definition: often called antivirus software even
though it deals with more than just viruses, scans
computers for known malware and removes it.
Must be kept up to date with the latest malware
definitions
white hat hacking
definition: – hacking that is done with the
authorisation of the company being hacked.
The hacker produces a report of all the
vulnerabilities they found, so that the
company can fix them
grey hat hacking
definition: – hacking done without the
authorisation of the company, but with good
intentions, often the company will be informed
of how the hacker was able to gain access
backups
definition: keeping a copy of
important data on a different system,
so that it can be restored if the
original is damaged
Techniques and
systems to reduce the
impact of cyberattacks
Encyption
Plaintext- the unencrypted data
Cipher- a method of encrypting text
Ciphertext- the encrypted data
Key- some information needed to
encrypt/decrypt the data
Crack- to read
encrypted data
without being given
the key beforehand
Brute force- crack a cipher
by trying every possible
key until successful
Statistical attack- crack a cipher
by using statistics and estimates
of the most likely values
Caesar cipher: a simple cipher,
where each letter is shifted a
number of places up the
alphabet
Substitution Cipher- a simple
cipher where each letter is
replaced by a different letter