Edexcel 1CP2 5.3.1: Threats: malware and social engineering
The free BugBot lessons that teach this point, a robot to try it on, and the past-paper questions that test it.
What it covers
Every computer holds something worth protecting: your messages, your school's records, a company's money, a robot's controls. Cyber security is keeping computers, networks and data safe from harm and from people who should not have them. This module is about the ways systems are attacked, and the ways they are defended. It starts with what we are protecting, and from whom.
- What are we protecting?
- Who attacks systems, and why?
- The weakest link is usually people
- A quick risk model
Or do it in the simulator, with tasks that mark themselves
Lessons that teach it
- F11.1 Why cyber security Cyber security
Confidentiality, integrity and availability, who attacks and why, and ranking risk. - F11.2 Malware Cyber security
Viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware and spyware, and a signature scanner. - F11.3 Social engineering Cyber security
Phishing, pharming, shouldering and blagging, and a filter that flags them.
Try it on a robot
The task from F11.1 Why cyber security, running here. Change the program and press Run.
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