CyberSecurity Vocabulary Review

Software that is free for the public to use and copy.

Fraud that involves stealing money or pretending to be someone else.

Rules that state how a computer should be used.

A scam by which an email user is duped into revealing personal information

Laws that protect an author’s work.

A small self-contained and self-replicating computer program.

Software that collects information about the users in order to advertise.

A program that appears to be harmless, but harmful in destroying data.

Software used to protect a computer system from viruses.

A program that is loaded on your computer without your knowledge.

A name used to gain access to a computer system.

Identifying a person based on a username and password.

Unauthorized copying of software for personal use.

A legal statement of the terms of how software can be used.

Crimes conducted through the Internet.