spyware - Computer software that collects personal information without the user's consent, hacker - A person who breaks into computer systems to steal software destroy data and often cause computer damage, phishing - Claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise attempting to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft, antivirus - Software designed to protect your computer from incoming harmful threats, keylogger - Illegal software that is installed on your computer and records everything you type. Designed to steal passwords., trojan horse - Software that seems legitimate but is in fact malicious to cause damage, breach - When a hacker successfully gains access and causes damage to a computer. This is called a b_______., firewall - Virtual perimeter of defensive technology to keep the hackers and viruses out, ransomware - A type of malware that shuts down your files or computer and demands money for this to be rectified, worm - Spyware that can replicate itself to infect other computers, encryption - Encoding of data to prevent theft, blacklist - Put a person on a file that labels them as unsafe, deepfake - A hoax video that has been manipulated to seem real in order to scam money or other illegal outcomes, spam - Unwanted unsolicited digital information sent out in bulk, fullz - Fraudster slang for the complete stolen information of a person that can be sold to steal their identity, bot - An automated, repetitive software task that operates without any human intervention, authentication - The process of verifying the identity of a user, VPN - A simulated private network to keep you secure (Abbev), honeypot - A decoy system that attracts potential attackers, pharming - A technique used by cybercriminals to redirect victims to fake websites without their knowledge,

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