IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL SECURITY RISKSBy Samuel coghlan-white

SPAM

• Spamming is when somebody sends emails or messages to someone. They normally consist of advertising and phishing

• These messages are usually consistent and unwanted

• Sometimes these messages can contain viruses

ADWARE

• Adware is a advertising program that can track peoples private information such as search history

• This information shows advertisements based on your personal information

• This software is often unwilling and unknowingly downloaded onto a users system

SPYWARE

• The definition of spyware is a piece of software that secretly installs itself onto the user s system

• This software usually collects information for third party use

• This is also called a Trojan horse which disguises itself as different software to trick the user

• It is normally used by companies to get information about there customers

WORM

• A computer worm is software that speeds and copies itself, it does without changing any files

• It travels over networks, emails and USB drives