🤓Glossary 📖

1)  Vulnerability - the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed on the internet

2)  Authentication - The process of identifying a user’s identity, making sure that they can have access to the system and/or files

3)  Firewall - Any technology, be it software or hardware, used to keep intruders out.

4)  Botnet - a botnet is a network of computers that have been infected with a virus, and now are working continuously in order to       create security breaches. 

5)  Domain - how the internet is structured, and domain also refers to how an organization's network resources are organized. 

6)  Encryption - is used to protect data from being stolen, changed, or compromised and works by scrambling data into a secret code that can only be unlocked with a unique digital key.

7)  Exploit - a code that takes advantage of a software vulnerability or security flaw

8)  Malware - a file or code, typically delivered over a network, that infects, explores, steals or conducts virtually any behavior an attacker wants

9)  Phishing - A technique for attempting to acquire sensitive data, such as bank account numbers, through a fraudulent solicitation in email or on a web site

10)  Ransomware -  a malware designed to deny a user or organization access to files on their computer

11)  Spoofing -  the act of disguising a communication from an unknown source as being from a known, trusted source

12)  Spyware -  malicious software that enters a user's computer, gathers data from the device and user, and sends it to third parties without their consent

13)  Virus - A computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user.