Scams
A Email sent in hopes of getting you to reveal confidential information, usually pretending to be from a trusted source.
What is Phishing?
A piece of code that is capable of copying itself or otherwise causing problems when injected into a larger program.
What is a virus?
These describe a social media's policies and what you may and may not do on the site.
What are "Terms and Conditions"?
Browsers from companies who sell your data (Google, Microsoft) do this.
What is tracking internet browsing?
This application generates and stores passwords for later use.
What is a password manager?
An unsolicited text sent to you in hopes of getting you to reveal some confidential information
What is Smishing?
A type of malware that can replicate itself and spread to other computers on a network without human interaction.
What is a Worm?
This information about where you are is tracked by all social media companies.
What is location data?
This product can hide your browsing habits from your ISP.
What is a VPN?
Proving your identity by using more than one type of information, which is one of the most effective ways to reduce account takeover.
What is multi-factor authentication?
An adult posing as a kid/teenager online in order to exploit minors in one form or another
What is an Online Predator?
Any malware that misleads users of its true intent by disguising itself as a standard program.
What is a Trojan?
Data on a social media site can be used for this hostile purpose.
What is identity theft?
This browsing mode can prevent information from being stored on your computer; this prevents someone with access to the computer from seeing the "tracks".
What is "Private" or "Incognito" browsing?
The most effective defense against password guessing.
What are long passwords (passphrases)?
The practice of getting a minor to send revealing/inappropriate pictures or videos with the intent of forcing them to send money or even more inappropriate content
What is Sextortion?
Code that encrypts data and demands payment for its release, causing significant financial and operational damage to individuals and organizations.
What is Ransomware?
Algorithms from social media are designed to take advantage of this human trait to keep you from leaving their site.
What is addiction?
A small piece of data stored by a browser for a website and sent to the website whenever the website is visited.
What is a cookie?
This practice is a major way for getting malware on your system.
What is peer-to-peer file sharing (e.g., BitTorrent) or warez?
The exploitation of psychology/human nature with the intent of gaining access to some restricted area/information.
What is Social Engineering?
A type of stealthy malware that subtly embeds themselves within a computer’s core, eluding conventional security scans and anti-malware programs
What is a Rootkit?
Social media company being sued by 45 states for helping predators target teens.
What is Meta?
When you are not paying for an online service, this is your relationship with the company.
Am I the product?
Program fixes provided by the software company to address flaws.
What are patches or security updates?