Viruses - A computer virus is a program or piece of code that is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs against your wishes.
Phishing - the activity of defrauding an online account holder of financial information by posing as a legitimate company.
E-mail - messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network.
Social engineering - the application of sociological principles to specific social problems.
Spoofing - A technique used to gain unauthorized access to computers, whereby the intruder sends messages to a computer with an IP address indicating that the message is coming from a trusted host.
Identity Theft - the illegal use of someone else's personal information
Spamming - Unsolicited, undesired e-mail.
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