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

For security reasons, you should be extremely wary of opening e-mail ________ such as Word files.

Virtual private networks (VPNs) are secure networks that are established without using the public Internet infrastructure.

________ hackers break into systems legally for non-malicious reasons such as to test system security vulnerabilities.

A(n) ________ protects a computer against power surges.

Which type of virus was the famous Michelangelo virus?

When malicious code is planted on your computer and alters your browser's ability to find web addresses, it is known as ________.

Unwanted, unsolicited e-mail is referred to as ________.

Which of the following statements about cookies is NOT true?

A(n) ________ can help block unwanted, unsolicited e-mail.

Social ________ is any technique that uses social skills to generate human interaction that entices individuals to reveal sensitive information.

The most common kind of pretexting in cyberspace is ________.

An encryption virus replicates itself onto a hard drive's master boot record.

A worm does NOT require human interaction to spread to other computers.

A(n) ________ virus temporarily erases its code from the files where it resides, and then hides in the active memory of the computer.

All of the following activities may infect your computer with a virus EXCEPT ________.

________ alarm software is an inexpensive theft deterrent for mobile devices.

Viruses, adware, and spyware are referred to collectively as ________.

Victims of ________ can spend months, or even years, trying to repair their credit and eliminate fraudulent debts.