Part 1
the fraudulent acquisition and use of a person's private identifying information, usually for financial gain
What is Identity Theft?
a collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place.
the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.
What is Phishing?
using a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system
What is Hacking?
irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the Internet to a large number of recipients
What is Spam?
a program or set of programs that are designed to prevent, search for, detect, and remove software viruses, and other malicious software like worms, trojans, adware, and more.
What is Anti-virus software?
software that is intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems.
What is Malware?
the protection of internet-connected systems, including hardware, software and data, from cyberattacks.
What is Cybersecurity?
a packet of data sent by an Internet server to a browser, which is returned by the browser each time it subsequently accesses the same server, used to identify the user or track their access to the server
What is Cookies?
concurrent execution of two or more tasks by a processor
What is Multitasking?