AIS Chapter 5
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adware | using software to collect info on how someone uses the internet (sites they visit/spending money) and forward it on to ad companies; also causes banner adds to pop up |
| bluebugging | taking control of someone else's phone - make calls, send texts, listen to phone calls, read texts |
| bluesnarfing | use Bluetooth to steal contact lists, images and other data |
| Botnet | a network of hijacked computers; hackers (bot herders) control these computers (zombies) to do internet attacks |
| chipping | put a chip in a credit card reader to record transaction data |
| click fraud | click online ads a lot to make advertising bills more expensive |
| cyber-extortion | require a company to pay money to keep the extortionist from hurting a company electronically |
| data diddling | changing data before, during or after it is entered into a system |
| data leakage | copying company data without permission |
| denial-of-service attack | sending hundreds of emails from fake email addresses - causes the recipient's email server to overload and shut down |
| dictionary attack | use software to guess a company's email addresses, send blank emails, emails that aren't returned are real and added to spam lists |
| eavesdropping | listen to private voice or data transmissions (can use a wiretap) |
| economic espionage | stealing information, trade secrets, or intellectual property |
| email threats | send a threatening email telling the recipient to do something to allow them to be defrauded |
| evil twin | wireless network with the same name as the local one - users get on the wrong one and hackers monitor for information |
| hacking | accessing and using computer systems without permission |
| hijacking | get control of someone else's computer to do bad things without them knowing |
| identity theft | assuming someone's identity, usually to get money, by illegally getting private information |
| internet misinformation | using the internet to spread false/misleading info |
| internet terrorism | disrupting communication or commerce using the internet |
| key logger | record a user's keystrokes using spyware |
| logic and time bombs | sits idle until triggered and then destroys information/programs |
| malware | software used to do harm |
| masquerading | pretending to be the authorized user on a system - can have access to everything the real user would have access to (impersonation) |
| packet sniffing | find confidential information using a computer while it travels the internet and other networks |
| password cracking | get past a system's defenses, steal the passwords, and decrypt them so they can be used to access information |
| pharming | redirecting traffic to a spoofed website to get personal information from the user |
| phishing | send email asking for verifications - looks legit but it isn't and personal data is entered and stolen |
| phreaking | attack a phone system and use it to spread worms/viruses and also to get/destroy/steal data |
| piggybacking | following after someone to gain access - use someone else's WIFI, getting into a telecommunications line, getting past physical security |
| pretexting | acting/lying so get confidential info |
| posing | create a business that looks legit, get info from making a sale, then never deliver the item bought |
| rootkit | software that hides important info/processes from the operating system |
| round-down | round interest to 2 decimal places, the excess is put in the fraudster's account |
| salami technique | stealing tiny slices of money over time |
| scavenging | (dumpster diving) look for confidential info by looking through trash cans or scanning through computer memory |
| shoulder surfing | watching or listening as people give confidential information |
| skimming | double swiping a credit card or swiping it through a card reader that saves the information for later use |
| social engineering | "trick" people into disclosing personal information |
| software piracy | illegally coping software |
| spamming | sending many email messages to many people that the recipients do not want |
| splog | a spam blog that promotes websites so their google ranking gets higher |
| spyware | use software to monitor a user's computing habits and send that information to someone else without the user's permission |
| spoofing | making an email look like someone else sent it |
| steganography | hiding data from one file inside a host file such as a large image or a sound file |
| superzapping | using special software to get past system controls and do illegal things |
| trap door | enter a system using a back door that gets the fraudster past normal system controls |
| trojan horse | unauthorized code in an authorized computer program/function - the user doesn't know it is there |
| typosquatting | (URL hijacking) setting up a website with a similar name to the real website - people that type in the wrong thing are sent to the wrong website and harm can be done to them |
| virus | harmful code that attaches itself, replicates, and spreads - triggered by a predetermined event - causes damage or displays on computers |
| vishing | voice phishing - email recipients are asked to call and phone number and give out their confidential information |
| war dialing | dialing thousands of phone numbers to find unprotected modems that can be used to enter a system can gain control of things |
| war driving | (rocketing) looking for unprotected wireless connections using a car or a rocket |
| worm | similar to a virus, but it is a program, not a piece of code/spreads and doesn't live long but is very destructive |
| zero-day attack | attack between the time a vulnerability is discovered and a patch is implemented |
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