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This web page provides links to useful web sites at the University of Toronto, as well as references for the various software packages studied in this course.
- Malware -- software that infiltrates a system without the owner's informed consent.
- Computer Virus -- program that can copy itself and infect a computer.
- Computer Worm -- program that is self-replicating. Uses network to send copies of itself.
- Trojan Horse -- program that installs malicious software while under the guise of doing something else.
- Backdoor -- program which allow unauthorized remote access to a computer.
- Rootkit -- programs intended to conceal running processes, files, or system data from the OS.
- Malicious Internet Bots -- bots are software robots that automatically run programs.
- Denial-of-service attack -- an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. One common method is by saturating a host on a network with external communications requests.
- Zombie computer -- a computer on the Internet that has been compromised. It is usually one of several computers in a botnet, which is used to perform malicious tasks under remote direction.
- Spam (electronic) -- unsolicited bulk e-mail.
- Social engineering -- collection of techniques used to manipulate people into performing actions or divulging confidential information.
- Identity Theft -- computers can be used to collect personal info which may be used to steal a person's identiy (e.g., spoofing, phishing, pharming, vishing).
- Spoofing -- program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining advantage.
- Phishing -- fake e-mail messages and fradulent web sites are designed to fool recipients into divulging personal info.
- Pharming -- an attack that redirects a web site's traffice to another, bogus web site.
- Vishing -- Voice over IP (VoIP) used to gain access to private personal and financial info from the public for the purpose of financial reward.
- Spy Software
- Spyware -- software that intercepts or takes partial control over the user's interaction with the computer.
- Packet sniffer -- software/hardware that can intercept and log traffic passing over a digital network.
- Keystroke logging -- software used to capture user's keystrokes. Used by private parties to spy on user's computer usage.
- Adware -- softwre which automatically plays, displays, or downloads advertising material to a computer.
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