AppLab - Unit 10 Security Risks

Freeware or shareware can be trusted to be free of all malware.

Malicious links can show up in an email message.

Use of a program to record every keystroke made by a computer user, in order to gain fraudulent access

A technique used to trick a user into providing personal information.

Data sent over public networks can be intercepted, analyzed and modified. One way that this can happen is through...

A program that can copy itself and gain access to a computer in an unauthorized way.

Unsolicited emails, attachments, and links in emails can not be used to compromise the security of a computing system.

A wireless access point that gives unauthorized access to secure networks.