Six security issues and six descriptions are shown below. Draw a line to link each security issue to its correct description.

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2016). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. [5] 5/6 matches – 5 marks
2. [4] 4 matches – 4 marks
3. [3] 3 matches – 3 marks
4. [2] 2 matches – 2 marks
5. [1] 1 match – 1 mark
6. [1] Pharming -> malicious code installed on the hard drive of a user's computer or on a web server; this code will re-direct the user to a fake website without the user's knowledge
7. [1] Phishing -> creator of code sends out a legitimate-looking email in the hope of gathering personal and financial information from the recipient; it requires the user to click on the link in the email or attachment
8. [1] Viruses -> program or code that replicates itself; designed to amend, delete or copy data or files on a user's computer; often causes the computer to crash or run slowly
9. [1] Hacking -> illegal access to a computer system without the owner's consent or knowledge
10. [1] Spyware -> software that gathers information by monitoring key presses on a user's keyboard; the information is relayed back to the originator of the software
11. [1] Cookies -> a message given to a web browser by a web server; it is stored in a text file; the message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server