Digital SecurityDigital Security

What is Digital What is Digital Security?Security?

Digital Digital security is security is the the protection protection (security) in (security) in a electronic a electronic device, such device, such as a as a computer.computer.

What is a Virus?What is a Virus?

A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user.

Presenting text, video or audio messages

Presenting text, video or audio messages

Cause erratic

behaviour and can

result in system

crashes

Cause erratic

behaviour and can

result in system

crashes

Reformatting the hard diskReformatting the hard disk

Damaging

programs and

deleting filesDamaging

programs and

deleting files

What is Malware?

Malware is software designed to infiltrate and damage a computer system without the owner's knowledge.

Destroy files on a hard diskDestroy files on a hard disk

Corrupt the file system by writing junk data

Corrupt the file system by writing junk data

To let viruses into the system unchecked

To let viruses into the system unchecked

Send e-mail spam or ping a server

Send e-mail spam or ping a server

Spyware is software that has been designed to monitor users' web browsing and/or display unwanted advertisements.

Spyware is software that has been designed to monitor users' web browsing and/or display unwanted advertisements.

What is Spyware?

Showing them pop-up ads

Showing them pop-up ads

Install a key

loggerInstall a key

logger

Who is a hacker?Who is a hacker?

Someone who breaks into a Someone who breaks into a system and causes mayhem.system and causes mayhem.Someone who breaks into a Someone who breaks into a system and causes mayhem.system and causes mayhem.

What can a hacker do?

Stealing money from a

bank electronically

Playing around with traffic lights

Make you get in

trouble for things

you didn’t do

Steps you could take to safeguard your digital life include:

Keeping your passwords to yourself

Using a different password for each occasion

Changing them all if every now and then

Never giving out any sort of information

Keeping your passwords to yourself

Using a different password for each occasion

Changing them all if every now and then

Never giving out any sort of information

Security Software: