Principles of information security
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| ...is unsolicited commercial e-mail | Spam
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| A...is an identified weakness in a controlled system, where controls are not present or are no longer effective | vulnerability
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| A...hacks the public telephone network to make free calls or disrupt services. | phreaker
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| Within the context of information security, ... is the process of using interpersonal skills to convince people to reveal access credentials or other valuable information to the attacker. | social engineering
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| ESD means electrostatic... | discharge
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| Some information gathering techniques are quite legal, for example, using a Web browser to perform market research. These legal techniques are called, collectively, competitive... | intelligence
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| the expert hacker sometimes is called...hacker | elite
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| An...is an act or action that takes advantage of a vulnerability to compromise a controlled system. | attack
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| A...is an object, person, or other entity that represents a constant danger to an asset. | thread
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| Duplication of software-based intellectual property is more commonly known as software... | piracy
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| The timing attack works by exploring the contents of a Web browser's... | cache
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| A momentary low voltage is called a... | sag
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| When information gatherers employ techniques that cross the threshold of what is legal or ethical, they are conducting industrial... | espionage
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| A...is an application error that occurs when more data is sent to a program buffer than it is designed to handle | buffer overrun
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| A...is a malicious program that replicates itself constantly, without requiring another program to provide a safe environment for replication. | worm
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| Attempting to reserve-calculate a password is called... | cracking
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| A computer virus consists of segments of code that perform...actions | malicious
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| A virus or worm can have a payload that installs a ... door or trap door component in a system, which allows the attacker to access the system at will with special privileges. | back
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| Script ... are hackers of limited skill who use expertly written software to attack a system | kiddies
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| ...is a technique used to gain unauthorized access to computers, where in the intruder sends messages to a computer that has an IP address that indicates that the messages are coming from a trusted host and not the actual source computer. | spoofing
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