Computer Science 1032A/B Study Guide - Phishing

• School: Western University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: Computer Science 1032A/B
• Professor: Diane Goldstein

Document Summary

Sources and types of security threats three main sources of security threats are: human error and mistakes accidental problems caused by both employees and non employees poorly written application programs and poorly designed procedures physical accidents, malicious human activity employees and former employees who intentionally destroy data or other system components hackers who break into a system, virus and worm writers who infect computer systems people who provide millions of unwanted emails (spam) outside criminals who break into a system to steal for financial gain terrorism, natural events and disasters fires floods hurricanes earthquakes tsunamis avalanches. Unauthorized data disclosure can occur by human error when someone inadvertently releases data in violation of policy: pretexting occurs when someone deceives by pretending to be someone else, phishing (or email spoofing) is a similar technique for obtaining unauthroized data that uses pretexting via email, spoofing is another term for someone pretending to be someone else (ip.