Piracy and Crime: Schemes and Scams_Terms

Business Software Alliance This group watches over software piracy, educating computer users about software copyrights and cyber-security. Audit A review of a company financial statements. Password Sniffers A password sniffer is a software application that scans and records passwords that are used or broadcasted on a computer or network interface. It listens to all incoming and outgoing network traffic and records any instance of a data packet that contains a password Trojan horses A program in which malicious or harmful code is contained inside apparently harmless programming or data in such a way that it can get control and do its chosen form of damage, such as ruining the file allocation table on your hard disk. Denial of Service A attack on a network that is designed to bring the network to its knees by flooding it with useless traffic. Salami attacks A form of cyber crime usually used for the purpose of committing financial crimes in which criminals steal money or resources a bit at a time from financial accounts on a system. Vulnerabilities Anything that offers a potential avenue of attack against a system Trade Secrets Any valuable commercial information that provides a business with an advantage over competitors who do not have that information. Pretexting A pretext is a false motive. Diaster A event that causes damage.