Which of these is the best description of malware?
Software written to harm a computer, its data or its user
Which of these is a common way that malware reaches a computer?
Opening an infected attachment in an email
An employee finds a USB drive in the car park, plugs it into a work computer and the computer becomes infected. Which method of attack is this?
Infected removable storage
A user installs a free game that secretly records every key they press. What is the main purpose of this software?
To capture passwords and card numbers for fraud
Malware has encrypted a charity's files and a message demands a payment to unlock them. What is the purpose of this attack?
To extort money from the charity
A company's files have been encrypted by malware and the attacker demands a ransom. Why is paying the ransom a poor solution?
The files may not be returned after the payment
Malware has copied a shop's customer records, including names and card details. What threat does this pose to the customers?
Their details may be sold and used for identity theft
Why can malware on one computer in an office threaten all the other computers on the same network?
It can spread from the infected computer to other connected computers
A user downloads what seems to be a useful program, but it is actually malware. Why did the user run it without realising?
The malware is disguised as a program the user wants
Which of these is NOT a purpose of a malware attack?
To repair corrupted files on the victim's computer
A pupil wants a paid game for free, downloads it from a website they have not used before and the computer becomes infected. How did the malware get onto the computer?
It was downloaded from an untrusted website
A company's computers run software that has not been updated for three years. Malware gets onto the computers by taking advantage of a weakness in this software. Which method of attack is this?
A weakness in software that has not been updated
Malware has been installed on the computers in a shop. The computers have become very slow and keep crashing. What threat does this pose to the shop?
Staff cannot serve customers and the shop loses money
An attacker installs malware on hundreds of computers, then uses those computers to attack other systems. What is the purpose of this attack?
To take control of the computers to attack others
A company's computer systems are out of action for a week after a malware attack, and newspapers report the attack. What threat does this pose to the company?
It loses customers because its reputation is damaged
A company stores its customers' personal details on its computers. Malware steals this data. Which of these is a threat the company now faces?
Legal action for failing to protect the data
In a malware attack, what is meant by a ransom?
A payment demanded before the user's files will be unlocked
What is meant by data that has been corrupted?
It has been changed or damaged so that it can no longer be used
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