2. redirect your search request to websites, and collect marketing-type data about you 3. Someone who gains unauthorized access to computer systems for personal gain

4. They present false information about themselves online or pretend to be someone else

5. The possibility of a malicious attempt to damage or disrupt a computer network

6. A fraudulent or malicious practice in which communication is sent from an unknown source disguised as a known source to the receiver

7. Allows individuals to capture data as it is transmitted over a network

8. They rely on human curiosity and impulses and can be difficult to stop

9. A virus or physical device that logs keystrokes to secretly capture private information such as passwords or credit card detailed information.

10. Various forms of harmful software, such as viruses and ransomware

11. Someone who gains access to systems with a view to fix the identified weakness

12. Code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect.

13. Software installed on a computer without the end user's knowledge

14. The process that is followed when a security breach is discovered:

15. The process of converting information or data into a code, especially to prevent unauthorized access;

16. Flooding a website with more traffic than it was built to handle

17. The fraudulent acquisition and use of a person's private identifying information, usually for financial gain

18. Malicious software, which covertly encrypts your files – preventing you from accessing them – then demands payment for their safe recovery;

19. A seemingly benign program that when activated, causes harm to a computer system

20. A means to access a computer system or encrypted data that bypasses the system's customary security mechanisms

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