IGCSE Computer Science 0478: Cyber security threats
Students learn the key security terms and describe the process and aim of threats such as malware, brute-force attacks, interception, DDoS, hacking, pharming, phishing and social engineering.
One content description from the full IGCSE Computer Science 0478 — 5.3 Cyber Security journey. All 24 modules below are in that journey too, with the same content — add just these to a class, or the whole strand.
Modules (24)
1
Threat
2
Vulnerability
3
Confidentiality
4
Integrity
5
Availability
6
Malware
7
Viruses
8
Worms
9
Trojan horse
10
Spyware
11
Adware
12
Ransomware
13
Brute-force and dictionary attacks
14
Interception of data on a network
15
Denial of service attacks
16
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack
17
Unauthorised network access
18
Ethical hacking
19
The domain name server (DNS) and IP addresses
20
Pharming
21
Phishing
22
Social engineering
23
Smishing and vishing
24
Matching a threat to its process and aim
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