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CHAPTER 7: COMPUTER SECURITY AND ETHICS, it is a event or action that…

- - - - Script kiddie: has the same intent as cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge
        
        Corporate spies: have excellent computer and networking skills and are hired to break into a specific data and steal it or help to identify security risks in their own organization
        
        Unethical employee: break into their employers computer for variety reasons. Want to exploit security weakness. Seek financial gains
        
        cyber extortionist: someones who uses e-mails as a vehicle of extortion. Send an organization a threatening email indicating they will expose confidential information
        
        Cyber terrorist: someones who uses internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons
- - - - Trojan Horse: hides within or looks like legitimate program until triggered (does not replicate itself on others computer)
- - - - Step 3: Some users open the attachment and their computer become infected with the virus.
        
        Step 4: Other users do not recognize the name of the sender of the e-mail message. These users do not open the e-mail message -- instead they immediately delete the e-mail message. These users’ computers are not infected with the virus