Exam 3: Computer and Internet Crime

Hacking to achieve a political or social goal is known as .

Hacktivism involves using illegal means to obtain trade secrets from competitors.

has become an umbrella term for many types of malicious code.

Competitive intelligence combines elements of law and computer science to identify, collect, examine, and preserve data so that it is admissible in a court of law.

Installation of a corporate is the most common computer security precaution taken by businesses.

A is defined as an exploit that takes place before the security community or software developer knows about the vulnerability or has been able to repair it.

is legally obtained information gathered using sources available to the public.

Vishing frequently leads consumers to counterfeit Web sites designed to trick them into initiating a denial-of-service attack.

is the sending of fraudulent emails to an organization's employees designed to look like they came from high­ level executives from within the organization.