Social Engineering

Blagging:

• When someone invents a story to gain a victim's attention.

Phishing:

• Decieving someone to gain personal information.

Pharming:

• When a victim is redirected from genuine website to a fake one.

Shouldering:

• Observing someone personal information without their knowledge.

Malware

Virus:

• A program designed to damage a computer system.

Trojan:

• Malware that appears real but isn't.

Spyware:

• Program secretly installed into a victim's computer to collect information.

Adware:

• Software that causes pop-ups to appear without closing.

Detect and Protect

• Biometrics: The use of unique physical characteristics to identify a person when they are using a computer system.

• Passwords: Password systems will want to ensure security by asking for specific characters and numbers when creating a password.

• CAPTCHA: Uses images to test if a user is human or a computer. It is capable of doing this because computers can interpret texts better than images wheras humans are usually the opposite.

• Automatic Software Updates: Regular software updates on a computer increases protection because they will have the best security available.

• Staff Training: Training staff to keep sensitive information away from the public will protect a corporation's information from criminals and hackers.