Delete text messages that ask you to confirm or provide personal information: Legitimate companies don’t ask for information like your account numbers or passwords by email or text.

A file whose name ends in ___ is realy a program that when opened causes the operating system to run the program.

Watch out for ____ clicking a malicious ad can expose your computer to malware

Also knwon as “crackers” these hackers hack to gain unathorized acces to a system and harm its operations or steam sensitive information

There are also known as “ethical hackers” they never intend to harm a system; rather they find out weaknesses in a computer or a network system as a part of penetration testing and vulnerability assessments

These are a blend of both black and white hackers, they act malicious intent; but for their fun, they exploit a security weakness in a computer system or network without the owner’s permission or knowledge.

A blend of both black and white hat hackers, they are usually on the level of hacking government agencies, top-secret information hubs, and generally anytjing the falls under the caregory of sensitive information.

Is someone outside computer security consulting firms who are used to bug, test a system before its launch, they look for loopholes and microsoct uses the term.

Neophyte, noob, newbie or is someone who is new to hacking or phreaking and has almost no knowledge or experience of the working of technology and hacking.

A social status among hackers,___ is used to describe the most skilled. Newly discover exploits circulate aming these hackers.

Is a hacker who utilizes technology to announce a social, ideological, religious, or political message.

Is a non-expert who breaks into computer systems by using pre-packsge automated tools written by others usually with little understanding of the underlying concept, hence the term “kiddie”

Is the process of recovering passwords from data that has been stored in or transmitted by a computer system.

Is an attack where a user session is taken over by an attacker. A session starts when you log into a service, for example your banking application, and ends when you log out.

Is when someone or something pretends to be something else in an attempt to gain our confidence, get access to a system, steal data, or spread malware.

Is a the process of monitoring and capturing all the packets passing through a given network using sniffing tools, allows you to see all sorts of traffic, both protectef and unprotected.

Is an attack meant to shut down a machine or network, making it inaccesible to its intended users. ______ accomplish.

A buffer is a sequetial section of memory allocated to contain anything from a character string to an array of integers.

A cybercriminals exploit buffer overflow problems to alter the execution path of the application by overwriting parts of its memory.

It is a software designed to force pre-chosen ads to display on a system.

It is an action that is done on a system to get its access and extract sensitive data.

Also known “Trap Door” this is a hidden entry to a computing device or software that bypasses security measures.

It is a program that automatrd an action so that it can be done repeatedly at a much higher rate for a more sustained period than a human operator could.

It is an automated and simplest kind of method to gain access to a system or website.

This is a flaw that occurd when more data is written to a block of memory or buffer than the buffer is allocated to hold.

Is it the modification of an existing, legitimate email with a false link to trick the recipient into providing personal information.

S/He modifies the software to access the features which are considered undesirable by the person cracking the software.

It is a software system design to run on web servers to identify software vulnerabilities in client machines communicating.

It is a piece of software, a chunk of data, or a sequence of commands that takes advantage of a bug or vulnerability to compromise the security of a computer or network system

It is a filter designed to keep unwantef intruders outside a computer system or network while allowing safe communication between systems and users on the inside of the _____

This is the process if tracking the keys which are pressed on a computer (and white touchscreen points are used)

It is a virus secreted into a system that triggers a malicious action when certain condition are met.

It is an umbrella term used to refer a variety of forms of hostile or intrusive software, including computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, adware, scareware, and other malicious programs.

This is the program a black hat hacker uses to transmit commands remotely to infected zombie drones, normally to carry out DoS attacks or spam attacks.

It is an e-email fraud method in which the perpetrator sends out legitimate-looking emails in an attempt to gather personal and financial information from recipents.

These are considered as the original computer hackers.

This is a stealthy type of software, typically malicious, designed to hide the existence of certain process or programs.

This is an act of exploiting holes in unpatched or poorly configured software,

This implies deceiving someone to acquire sensitive and personal information like credit card details or usernames and passwords.

It is simply an unsolicited email, also known ad “junk email”, sent to a large number if recipients without their consents.

This is a software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge.

This is an SQL code injection technique used for attacking data-driven applications, in which malicious SQL statementd are inserted.

It is a possible danger that can exploit an exisiting bug or vulnerability to compromise the security of a computer or network system.

It is a malicious program disguised to look like a valid program.

It is a malicious program or a piece of code which is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting system or destroying data.

This is a weakness that allows a hacker to compromise the security of a computer or network system.

It is a self-replicating virus that does not alter files but resides in active memory and duplicates itself.

This is a type of computer security vulnerability typically found in web applications.

It is defined as a hi-jacked computer that is being used anonymously as a solider or “drone” for malicious activity.

This is the phase where the attackers gathers information about a target using active or passive means.

In this process, the attscker begins to probe a target machine or network actively for vulnerabilities that can be exploited.

In this process, the vulnerability is located.

This is the process where the hacker has already gained access to a system.

This process is an unethical activity.

This is the last step in finishing the ethical hacking process.