Computer Science · May / June 2016 · Paper 11 · Question 10

Six security issues and six descriptions are shown below. Draw a line to link each security issue to its correct description. Security issue Description illegal access to a computer system without the owner’s consent or knowledge software that gathers information by monitoring key presses on a user’s keyboard; the data is sent back to the originator of the software malicious code installed on the hard drive of a user’s computer or on a web server; this code will re-direct the user to a fake website without the user’s knowledge creator of code sends out a legitimate-looking email in the hope of gathering personal and financial information from the recipient; it requires the user to click on the link in the email or attachment a message given to a web browser by a web server; it is stored in a text file; the message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server program or code that replicates itself; designed to amend, delete or copy data or files on a user’s computer; often causes the computer to crash or run slowly Pharming Phishing Viruses Hacking Spyware Cookies [5]

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