Cyber Security
Internet and Its Uses · 3 question types
Exam Frequency Analysis
Past paper frequency (2018 to 2024)
This topic accounts for approximately 8% of your exam marks.
Threats (phishing, pharming, malware, DDoS, brute-force) and the matching protection methods appear in almost every paper.
sends fake messages that appear to come from a trusted source to trick the user into revealing personal or financial details.
The message is usually an email or text that looks like it is from a real bank, shop or service. It often contains a link to a fake website or asks the user to reply with sensitive information. Clues that a message is phishing include spelling and grammar errors, an urgent or threatening tone, a greeting that is not personalised, and a link whose real URL does not match the genuine organisation. Unlike pharming, phishing relies on the user choosing to click or reply.