ONCLINE SECURITY
Cards (14)
- Known as junk email. Unsolicited commercial email sent from one source with identical message sent to multiple recipients. Dangerous spams carry virus like Trojan Horse and other malicious software (malware_
- Inserts malicious code into a program or data file
- tracks a user's web surfing history and activity to optimize advertsing efforts
- when used maliciously can track a user's web activity for gaining information
- a digital attack that disguises itself as desirable code or software
- a type of spyware that monitors user activity
- operates undetected in the background, staking information such as passwords, and messages
- automatically redirects without requiring users to click a link
- spreads more slowly
- inserts malicious code into a program or data file. user tranfers infected files to other devices
- exploits vulnerability in application or operating system. uses a network to travel from one computer to another.
- masquerades as performing s benign action but also does something malicious. user transfers trojan file to other computers