Chapter 2 Key Terms

A software program that delivers advertising content in a manner that is unexpected and unwanted by the user.

A social engineering effectiveness principle in which an attack is directed by someone impersonating an authority figure or falsely citing their authority.

Software code that gives access to a computer, program or a service that circumvents any normal security protections.

An infected computer that is under the remote control of an attacker for the purpose of launching attacks, also known as a zombie.

A social engineering effectiveness principle in which the victim is influenced by what others do.

A social engineering effectiveness principle in which the victim is influenced by what others do.

The act of digging through trash receptacles to find information that can be useful in an attack.

A social engineering effectiveness principle in which the victim is influenced by the claim that the victim is well-known and well-received.

a false warning

A social engineering attack that involves masquerading as a real or fictitious character and then playing out the role of that person on a victim.

A social engineering effectiveness principle in which the victim is frightened and coerced by threat.