SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIST- CHAPTER 7
VOCABULARY- COMPUTER SCIENCE.
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Risks - Answer: Unforeseen events and obstacles that can negatively affect business.
Social Engineering - Answer: Techniques that trick a person into disclosing confidential
information.
Social proof - Answer: A tendency to conform to what we believe respected others think
and do
Malware - Answer: Software that is intended to damage or disable computers and
computer systems.
Spoofed site - Answer: A website set up to look exactly like another website, such as a
bank's website, but which does not actually belong to the organization portrayed in the
site, with the goal of stealing the information people enter.
Scam - Answer: An attempt to trick someone, usually with the intention of stealing
money or private information.
Phishing - Answer: A technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity
theft, usually by means of fraudulent e-mail.
Hijacking - Answer: Gaining control of someone else's computer, or social media
account, to carry out illicit activities, such as sending spam without the computer user's
knowledge.
Spear phishing - Answer: A phishing attack that targets only specific users.
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VOCABULARY- COMPUTER SCIENCE.
Trusted by students across multiple disciplines!
Risks - Answer: Unforeseen events and obstacles that can negatively affect business.
Social Engineering - Answer: Techniques that trick a person into disclosing confidential
information.
Social proof - Answer: A tendency to conform to what we believe respected others think
and do
Malware - Answer: Software that is intended to damage or disable computers and
computer systems.
Spoofed site - Answer: A website set up to look exactly like another website, such as a
bank's website, but which does not actually belong to the organization portrayed in the
site, with the goal of stealing the information people enter.
Scam - Answer: An attempt to trick someone, usually with the intention of stealing
money or private information.
Phishing - Answer: A technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity
theft, usually by means of fraudulent e-mail.
Hijacking - Answer: Gaining control of someone else's computer, or social media
account, to carry out illicit activities, such as sending spam without the computer user's
knowledge.
Spear phishing - Answer: A phishing attack that targets only specific users.
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