Cyber security are technologies designed to protect networks , and data from the programs and data from attack from damage or unauthorized access.
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What is social engineering?
Social engineering, in the context of computer security, refers to tricking people into divulging personal information or other confidential data
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Types of social engineering?
Phishing, Pharming , Shoulder surfing ,
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Describe phishing?
A phishing email is one that tricks you into handing over sensitive or personal information e.g login details or bank details.
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Describe shoulder surfing?
Shoulder Surfing involves direct observation of a user entering their security details.
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Describe Pharming?
Pharming is when instead of using a phony link in an email, pharming redirects a website's traffic to a bogus site even if the user has typed the correct web address
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What is malware?
Malware is the term used to refer to a variety of hostile or intrusive software.
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What is Virus?
What is a Virus?A virus is one type of malware which is installed without your knowledge with the purpose of doing harm.
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What is Trojan horse?
A Trojan Horse tricks users into accepting it. Once installed it may open a 'back door' into your computer system through which your personal information can be harvested
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What is a worm?
A worm is a standalone program that doesn't need to attach itself to an existing program in order to spread.
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What is social engineering?
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Social engineering, in the context of computer security, refers to tricking people into divulging personal information or other confidential data
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