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How can we prevent threats such as brute force attacks?

What is social engineering?

GCSE System Scurity

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For OCR GCSE (9-1) 1.4

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What is social engineering?
Installing a trojan virus
Posting sensitive data online
Talking to people on facebook
Convincing people to give up sensitive data
2
How can we prevent threats such as brute force attacks?
By switching off our computers at night
By using complex passwords
By not using unecrypted USB flash drives
By only browsing one website at a time
3
How can we prevent Malware?
By using a web browser with a administrator computer account
By never using a computer
By clicking on pop-ups
By using anti virus software
4
How can we prevent phishing?
By having more than one email account
By using email spam filtering
By locking our computers when we are away from them
By asking unknown email senders to stop sending mail
5
How are people sometimes a threat to system security?
Through illegal file sharing
By exchanging email addresses
By changing their passwords too frequently
Through carelessness
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What type of malware might pop up websites on your computer?
Adware
Virus
Spyware
Ransomware
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What is phishing?
Protecting your online identity
Tricking someone into sharing personal information
Anti virus software
Online photo sharing
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What is a brute force attack
A trial and error method to gain access protected data
Running all the applications on a computer at the same time
Entering random text into a web browser’s search bar
Repeatedly clicking a web browser’s refresh button
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What is malware
Malicious software
Utility software
Badly written software
Open source software
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Which of these is a form of Malware?
A snake
A worm
A slug
A snail