5(a)Cybersecurity Threats AttacksMedium5 marks
Cyber security threats are a problem when using the internet.
Complete the table by writing the missing terms and descriptions about cyber security threats.
Each term and description must be different.
| term | description |
|---|---|
| An attack where a third party repeatedly tries to crack a password by entering different combinations. | |
| hacking | 0 words |
| An attack where multiple computers send a large number of requests to a web server with the aim of crashing it. | |
| spyware | 0 words |
| A security threat where software is used to analyse data packets during transmission. Any packets that look useful are sent to a malicious third party. |