Ch 9 - The Personal and Social Impact of Computers

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Antivirus program

________: software that runs in the background to protect your computer from dangers lurking on the internet and other possible sources of infected files.

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Malware

________: software programs that destroy or damage processing.

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Worm

________: parasitic computer program that can create copies of itself on infected computer or send copies to other computers via a network.

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Virus

________: computer program file capable of attaching to disks or other files and replicating itself repeatedly.

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Ergonomics

________: science of designing machines, products, and systems to maximise the safety, comfort, and efficiency of the people who use them.

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Logic bomb

________: type of trojan horse that executes when specific conditions occur.

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Identity Theft

________: imposter obtains key pieces of personal identification information to impersonate someone else.

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Script bunnies

________: automate the job of crackers.

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Trojan horse

________: malicious program that disguises itself as a useful application and purposefully does something the user does not expect.

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Code of ethics

________: states the principles and core values that are essential to a set of people and thus governs their behaviour.

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Criminal hacker

________ (cracker): gains unauthorised use or illegal access to computer systems.

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Hacker

________: learns about and uses computer systems.

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Computer Waste

inappropriate use of computer technology and resources

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Computer Crime

often defies detection, is the theft of intellectual property

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Cyberterrorist

someone who intimated or coerces a government or organisation to advance their political or social objectives by launching computer based attacks against computers or networks

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Insider

employee who compromises corporate systems

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Software Piracy

act of illegally duplicating software

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Internet software piracy

illegally downloading software from the internet

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Phishing

gaining access to personal information by redirecting user to fake site

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Public key infrastructure (PKI)

enables users of an unsecured public network such as the internet to securely and privately exchange data

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Biometrics

measurement of one of a person's traits, whether physical or behavioural

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Intrusion detection system (IDS)

software that monitors system and network resources and notifies network security personnel when it senses a possible intrusion

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Intrusion activities

failed login attempts, suspicious behaviour

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Managed security service provider (MSSP)

organisational that monitors, managers, and maintains network security for both hardware and software

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Ergonomics

science of designing machines, products, and systems to maximise the safety, comfort, and efficiency of the people who use them

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