malware - Malicious software - a term that includes viruses, trojans, worms or any code or content that could have an adverse impact on organisations or individuals., ransomware - Malicious software that makes data or systems unusable until the victim makes a payment., virus - Programs which can self-replicate and are designed to infect legitimate software programs or systems. A form of malware., phishing - Untargeted, mass emails sent to many people asking for sensitive information (such as bank details) or encouraging them to visit a fake website., cybersecurity - The protection of devices, services and networks — and the information on them — from theft or damage., antivirus - Software that is designed to detect, stop and remove viruses and other kinds of malicious software., denial of service - When legitimate users are denied access to computer services (or resources), usually by overloading the service with requests., firewall - Hardware or software which uses a defined rule set to constrain network traffic to prevent unauthorised access to or from a network., pentest - Short for penetration test. An authorised test of a computer network or system designed to look for security weaknesses so that they can be fixed., trojan - A type of malware or virus disguised as legitimate software, that is used to hack into the victim's computer., social engineering - Manipulating people into carrying out specific actions, or divulging information, that's of use to an attacker., brute force - Using a computational power to automatically enter a huge number of combination of values, usually in order to discover passwords and gain access., spyware - A type of malware that collects the activity on a computer system and sends the data it collects to another person without the owner being aware, adware - Software that either causes pop-ups or windows that will not close. Generally, the pop-ups or windows display advertisements., blagging - When someone makes up a story to gain a person’s interest and uses this to encourage them to give away information about themselves, or even send money., shouldering - Looking at someone’s information over their shoulder, for example looking at someone enter their PIN in a shop or at a cashpoint., captcha - Challenges humans to prove that they are indeed human and not a computer bot, auto updates - Regularly updating the software on a computer, users are as protected as they can possibly be.,

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