Computer System Security and Ethics

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What does computer security specifically focus on protecting?

  • Creating malicious programs and distributing them
  • Individuals and organizations from theft and danger
  • Preventing or limiting the damage from intrusions, sabotage, and natural disasters
  • Information, hardware, and software from unauthorized use (correct)

What is cybercrime or computer crime defined as?

  • Any criminal offense that involves a computer and a network (correct)
  • Theft and danger to individuals and organizations
  • Creating and distributing malicious programs
  • Preventing or limiting the damage from intrusions, sabotage, and natural disasters

Which term refers to someone who creates and distributes malicious programs?

  • Cracker (correct)
  • Cyberbully
  • Hacker
  • Rogue Wi-Fi Hotspot

What are the programs specifically designed to damage a computer system called?

<p>Malware (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are viruses in terms of computer security?

<p>Programs that migrate through networks and operating systems, attaching themselves to programs and databases (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

Computer Security

  • Focuses on protecting computer systems and electronic data from unintended access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.

Cybercrime/Computer Crime

  • Defined as criminal offenses committed via the internet or against a computer system.

Malicious Program Creators

  • Known as malware authors, these individuals create and distribute harmful software.

Malicious Programs

  • Designed to damage a computer system, these programs are known as malware.

Computer Viruses

  • A type of malware that replicates itself by attaching to other programs or files.

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