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1 Vocabulary Cassandra Peoples

2 Pharming the practice of redirecting computer users from legitimate websites to fraudulent ones for the purposes of extracting confidential data

3 Cyber Stalking Cyber-Stalking is defined as the unlawful act of collecting or amassing an individual’s private information with regards to the internet, a computer, or alternative electronic network. This can include the illegal trespass onto a computer terminal or network belonging to the victim. Furthermore, Cyber-Stalking can be enacted in order to illicitly spy or watch another individual in which the intent is considered to be inherently criminal and unlawful in nature.

4 Spy Ware installed unknowingly, that gathers information about an Internet user's browsing habits or intercepts personal data, transmitting this information to a third party for commercial gain.

5 Phishing To try to obtain financial or other confidential information from Internet users, typically by sending an e-mail that looks as if it is from a legitimate organization, usually a financial institution, but contains a link to a fake Web site that replicates the real one.

6 Hacking Getting in to someone’s personal settings.

7 Virus (By analogy with biological viruses, via science fiction) A program or piece of code, a type of malaria, written by a cracker, that "infects" one or more other programs by embedding a copy of itself in them, so that they become Trojan horses. When these programs are executed, the embedded virus is executed too, thus propagating the "infection". This normally happens invisibly to the user.

8 Malware software intended to damage a computer, computer system, or computer network, or to take partial control over its operation: tips on finding and removing viruses, spyware, and other malware.software intended to damage a computer, computer system, or computer network, or to take partial control over its operation: tips on finding and removing viruses, spyware, and other malware.

9 Geotags Its a gps location attach to a file.

10 Child Pornography When someone is takeng pictures children. And posting them.

11 Spam To post irrelevant or inappropriate messages to one or more Usenet newsgroups, mailing lists, or other messaging system in deliberate or accidental violation of netiquette.

12 Back up a file or set of files copied for security purposes


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