Revision 5.3 Threats

Question 1

What are the 7 threats to computer systems?

Answer 1

:Phishing
:Hacking
:Trojan
:Interception
:Eavesdropping
:Social Engineering

Question 2

Phishing vs Pharming

Answer 2

Phishing: Misleading individuals or organisations into giving up sensitive information (such as passwords or bank details), often through the use of emails.

Pharming : Pharming is a cyberattack technique used to redirect a website’s traffic to a fake website without the user’s knowledge.

Similarities: Both pharming and phishing tactics aim to exploit unsuspecting individuals and extract sensitive information, such as login credentials or financial data, for nefarious purposes.

Question 3

Hacking

Answer 3

Exploiting weaknesses in a system or network to create, view, modify or delete files without permission.
Similar to data theft - illegally removing copies of personal or company data from computer
systems.

Question 4

Trojan

Answer 4

Appears to be a useful or well-known
program but when downloaded
and installed it secretly gives the attacker a ‘backdoor’ to your system. Through this backdoor the attacker can access data without the user knowing.

Question 5

Interception

Answer 5

Data packets on a network are intercepted by a third party (e.g. hacker) and copied, edited or transferred to a different location than the
intended destination

Question 6

Eavesdropping

Answer 6

Intercepting, in real-time, private
communication traffic such as instant
messages or video calls.

Question 7

Social Engineering

Answer 7

Tricking individuals into giving sensitive information,
e.g. by claiming to be from the IT department and asking for their password and username to check for viruses.