Exam 10: Computer Security and Risks

A logic bomb that was created to erupt on Michelangelo's birthday is an example of a

A challenge with high-tech weapons is that they reduce the amount of time people have to make life-and-death decisions.

A program that masquerades as a useful program,but is really a destructive program,is a(n)

Criminal hacking is also known as

The most common form of computer crime is theft.

________ programs search for and eliminate viruses.

The majority of computer crimes are committed by

In 1999,the Melissa virus was a widely publicized

What was the name of the worm that demonstrated that a system could be infected by email even if the mail wasn't opened?

Hackers who hijack legitimate Web sites and redirect users to other sites are called

Match the Act on the left to the appropriate explanation on the right. -Digital Millennium Copyright Act

An intentionally disruptive program that spreads either from program-to-program or from disk-to-disk is known as a

Networks of zombie computers are also known as ________.

Computer crime often goes unreported because businesses fear negative publicity.

The Code Red worm attacked

A public key is only available to the user originating a message.

The scrambling of code in an email message can be done using

PGP uses the popular RSA public key cryptosystem.

________ refers to electronic trespassing or criminal hacking.

Software that allows different levels of security per user is known as access-control software.