Cyber (Concept)

Hacker - A person who tries to illegally access or attack a computer network or device

Passive attack - Where a hacker monitors data travelling on a network

Insider attack - A network attack where someone within an organisation exploits their network access to steal information

Backdoor - A vulnerability in a computer or networks security, a hacker could exploit

Password - A string of characters that allow access to certain parts of a computer program

Brute force attack - A network attack which uses software to crack security passwords through trial and error