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AIS
unit 1b
51
Accounting
Undergraduate 4
05/02/2012
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1. Address Resolution Protocol:
 Definition
Sending fake ARP messages to an Ethernet LAN. ARP is a computer networking protocol for determining a network hosts hardware address only its IP or network
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2. Adware:
 Definition
Software that collects and forwards data to advertising companies or causes banner ads to pop us as the internet is surfed
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3. Blue bugging:
 Definition
Taking control of a phone to make calls send texts etc.
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4. Bluesnarfing:
 Definition
Stealing contact lists, images, and other data
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5. Botnet, bot herders:
 Definition
A network of hijacked computers. Bot herders use hijacked computers for various computer attacks
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6. Buffer Overflow attack:
 Definition
Inputting so much data that the input buffer overflows.
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7. Caller ID spoofing:
 Definition
Displaying an incorrect number on the recipient Caller ID display
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8. Carding:
 Definition
Verifying credit card validity, buying and selling credit cards
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9. Chipping:
 Definition
Planting a chip that records transaction data in a legitimate credit card reader
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10. Cross-Site scripting:
 Definition
Exploit web page security vulnerabilities to bypass browser security mechanism and create a malicious link that injects unwanted code into a website
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11. Cyber-Bulling:
 Definition
Using computer technology to harm another person
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12. Cyber-extortion:
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Requiring a company to pay money to keep an extortionist from harming a computer or a person
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13. Data diddling:
 Definition
Changing data before, during, or after it is entered into the system
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14. Data Leakage:
 Definition
Unauthorized copying of company data
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15. Denial of Service attack:
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An attack designed to make computer resources unavailable to its users
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16. Diction Attack:
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Using software to guess company addresses, send employees blank e-mails, and add unreturned messages to spammer’s e-mail
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17. DNS Spoofing:
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Sniffing the ID of a Domain Name System request and replaying before the real DNS sever
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18. Eavesdropping:
 Definition
Listening to private voice or data
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19. E-mail Spoofing:
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Making a sender address and other parts of an e-mail header appear as though the e-mail originated from different source
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20. Evil Twin:
 Definition
A wireless network with the same name as another wireless access point.
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21. Hijacking:
 Definition
Unauthorized access, modification, or use of computer systems, usually by means of a PC
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22. IP address spoofing:
 Definition
Creating Internet Protocol packets with a forged IP address to hide the sender’s identity or to impersonate another computer system
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23. Identity theft:
 Definition
Assuming someone’s identity by illegally obtaining confidential information such a social security number
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24. Internet auction fraud:
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Using an internet auction site to commit fraud
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25. Internet Misinformation:
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Using the information to spread false or misleading information
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26. Internet pump an dump fraud:
 Definition
Using internet to pump the price of a stock and then dump it
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27. Key logger:
 Definition
Using spyware to record a user’s keystrokes
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28. Lebanese Looping:
 Definition
Inserting a sleeve into an ATM so that it will not ejecting the victim’s card pretending to help the victim as a means to discover his or her PIN and then using the card and PIN to drain the account
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29. Logic bombs and time bombs:
 Definition
Software that sits idle until a specified circumstance or time triggers it
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30. Malware:
 Definition
Software that can be used to do harm
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31. Man in the Middle:
 Definition
Hacker placing himself between a client and a host to intercept network traffic
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32. Masquerading:
 Definition
Accessing a system by pretending to be an authorized user
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33. Packet Sniffing:
 Definition
Inspecting information packets as they travel the Internet
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34. Pharming:
 Definition
Redirecting traffic to a spoofed web site to obtain confidential information
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35. Phishing:
 Definition
Communications that request recipients to disclose confidential information by responding to an e-mail or visiting a web page
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36. Piggybacking:
 Definition
Using somebody else’s website
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37. Podslurping:
 Definition
Using a flash drive or iPod to steal information
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38. Pretexing:
 Definition
Acting under false pretenses to gain confidential information
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39. Rootkit:
 Definition
Software that conceals processes, files, network connections and system data from the operating system
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40. Run-down failure:
 Definition
Truncating interest calculations at two decimal places and placing truncated amounts in the perpetrators account
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41. Salami Technique:
 Definition
Stealing tiny slices of money over time
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42. Scareware:
 Definition
Malicious software of no benefit that is sold using scare tactics
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43. Skimming:
 Definition
Double-swiping a credit card or covertly swiping it in a card reader that records data for later
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44. SMS spoofing:
 Definition
Using short message to change the name or number a text message appears to come from
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45. Spolg:
 Definition
A spam blog that promotes web sites to increase the Google page rank
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46. Spyware:
 Definition
Software that monitors computing habits and sends that data to someone else
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47. Spoofing:
 Definition
Sending electronic data that looks like it’s from somebody else
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48. Typosquatting/URL Hijacking:
 Definition
Getting a name of a url one or two letters off from legit site.
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49. Virus:
 Definition
Executable code that attaches itself to software replicates itself and spreads to other systems or files, triggered by a predetermined event.
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50. Vishing:
 Definition
Voice phishing in which e-mail recipients are asked to call a phone number and divulge confidential information
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51. Worm:
 Definition
Similar to virus, a program rather than a code segment hidden in a host program and actively transmit it to other systems.
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