Exam 9: Securing Your System: Protecting Your Digital Data and Devices

The most common kind of pretexting in cyberspace is ________.

Devices that use a unique personal characteristic, such as a fingerprint, in place of a password are called ________ authentication devices.

One way to protect your personal information on Facebook is to change your ________ settings.

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the ________.

A virus signature is a portion of virus code that is unique to a particular computer virus.

A ________ is a virus that is triggered on a certain date.

________ floods a computer with requests until it shuts down and refuses to answer any requests for information.

Ethical hackers are also known as white-hat hackers.

A ________ allows a hacker to gain access to your computer and take almost complete control of it without your knowledge.

A ________ is a virus that is attached to documents such as Word or Excel files.

Which of the following is NOT a virus category?

Government impersonation scams involve ________.

________ occur when a website downloads harmful software onto your computer.

________ is the act of tricking people into revealing sensitive information and is often associated with credit card fraud.

A(n) ________ virus is a series of commands that is executed without your knowledge.