Activity 12. Name at least 3 reasons why people should/shouldn’t have an anonymous avatar

Activity 13. Say which accounts you have got on the Internet. What is the purpose of each account? How often do you use it?

Activity 14. Add to Wikipedia a page describing national clothes, a national musical instrument or the national cuisine (min. 500 words). Report on your contribution, demonstrate the results.

Activity 15. Do a mini research and prepare a short report about famous blogs/bloggers.

TEST

1	Mark the odd word: a) block b) permit c) give access d) allow
2	Alexandria is _________ by a network of railway and telegraph lines to the other towns of Egypt. a) linked b) linking c) linkage d) links
3	What is the logical relationship between the concepts “virtual – real”: a) general and specific b) cause and effect c) method and purpose d) contrast
4	All of these are synonymous to the word “link” EXCEPT FOR: a) tie b) connection c) cross-reference d) thread
5	E-mail and spam differ mostly by their ___. a) size b) time of delivery c) purpose d) medium of delivery
6	A location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more web pages is known as a ___.      a) blog b) cookie c) site d) link
7	What is the logical relationship between “a blog” and “an online journal”: a) general – specific b) method – purpose c) part – whole d) equivalence
8	What is the logical relationship between “mail” and “postal mail”: a) general – specific b) method – purpose c) part – whole d) equivalence
9	A blog and a forum differ mostly by their: a) purpose b) number of authors c) location d) topic
10	Everybody can contribute ___ Wikipedia. a) with b) in c) to d) for
11	A movable icon representing a person in cyberspace is known as a(n) ___.   a) avatar b) meme c) emoticon d) smiley
12	Computers account ____ 5% of the country's commercial electricity consumption.  a) with b) in c) for d) on
13	Mark the odd word: a) account b) accountability c) accountant d) accountable
14	_________ TV is gaining more and more popularity. a) stream b) streaming c) streamer d) streamed
15	Which of the following concepts denotes physical connection: a) www b) landline c) the Internet d) cyberspace
16	Maintaining a site with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material is called ____.  a) browsing b) blogging c) chatting d) feeding
17	The programmer successfully ____ some of software bugs.   a) traceless b) traced c) tracing d) trace
18	All of these deal with “data rate” EXCEPT FOR: a) bandwidth b) clickbaiting c) throughput d) data transfer capacity
19	All of these collocate with the noun “crowdfunding” EXCEPT FOR: a) succeed in b) allocate c) raise money through d) try
20	All of these collocate with the noun “password” EXCEPT FOR: a) ageing b) stalking c) generation d) authentication

Module 7. CYBER CRIME

№	Term	Definition	Usage
1	Bootlegger (n)	a person engaged in illegal copying of software; an illegally copied software	bootlegging (n); bootlegged (adj); syn. pirate, piracy
2	Breach (n)	an act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct; disclosure of sensitive information to an unauthorized outsider	a ~ of law/contract/policy/code of conduct; do sth in ~ of sth; syn. violation, infringement
3	Combat (v)	fight against sth; oppose sth vigorously	~ piracy/computer crime; syn. fight sth, struggle with sth
4	Commit (v)	do; perform; dedicate oneself to sth	~ a(n) crime/murder/error/suicide; ~ oneself to sth; ~ sth to memory/ prison; committed (adj): ~ to a cause/principles/idea/doing sth; a ~ employee/worker; commitment (n): show/demonstrate/make no ~;
5	Comply (v)	meet specified standards; act in accordance with a wish or command	~ with the rules/regulations/law/ standards; (non-)compliance (n); (non-)compliant (adj); syn. conform to/with, abide by
6	Copyright (n)	the exclusive right given by law to an author to print, publish, and sell copies of his/her original work	secure/protect/ infringe on/ violate the ~; ~ law/holder; copyrighted (adj), copyrighter (n); copywriting (n) ant. copyleft
7	Crack (v)	break or cause to break sth open or apart; find a solution to sth; decipher or interpret sth; break a security system illegally	~ a joke/code/message; a tough nut to ~, ~ down on criminals; crack (n): a ~ dealer/seller; crack (n): a tiny/narrow ~, cracking (n), cracker (n): a black-hat ~; syn. break, decipher, hack
8	Crime (n)	illegal activity punishable by law	commit/prevent/report/fight (a) ~; punish sb for a ~; ~ rate/incidence; a victim of ~; petty/serious/violent/ organized ~; criminal (adj), criminally (adv), criminality (n), incriminate (v), incrimination (n); syn. felony, wrongdoing
9	Cyberbullying (n)	repeatedly harming or harassing other people online in a deliberate manner	be subject to~; fall/become a victim of ~; syn. cyberstalking, trolling
10	Cybercide (n)	the deletion of an individual's entire online presences (the removal of all social media profiles, shared photos, blog posts, directory entries and so on)	be prone to/commit ~; an act of ~; Cf. suicide, genocide, ecocide
11	Cyberslacking (n)	using company computer for personal purposes during working hours (playing games, shopping online or using social networking sites)	indulge in/engage in/combat ~; cyberslacker (n); syn. cyberloafer, cyberloafing
12	Cybersquatting (n)	purchasing a domain name that contains a well-known trademark or commercial name to sell it to the rightful owner for profit	engage in/be (get) involved in /combat/eliminate ~
13	Data diddling (n)	modifying data for fun and profit, e.g. modifying grades, changing credit ratings, fixing salaries, or circumventing book-keeping and audit regulations	engage in/be (get) caught ~; data diddler (n)
14	Disseminate (n)	scatter or spread widely, promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse	~ information/viruses/knowledge/ ideas/news; dissemination (n); syn. spread, propagate, promulgate
15	Filter (v)	remove undesirable data by sifting	~ a list of customers/incoming e-mail/traffic; syn. sift away
16	Flooding (n)	an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits; providing more input than the entity can process properly	engage in/suspect/combat/protect against ~; flood (v), flooded (adj), flooding (n); Cf. mailbombing, packet monkey
17	Fraud (n)	manipulation of data for criminal purposes, e.g. changing banking records to illegally transfer money to an account	a ~ scheme; control/commit/suspect/ combat/ protect against ~; in case of ~; fraudulence (n), fraudulent (adj), fraudulently (adv), fraudster (n) syn. cheating, swindling
18	Hacker (n)	someone who secretly uses or changes the information in other people's computer systems	speed/teleport/ethical ~; hack (v), back-hack (v); syn. cracker
19	Identity theft (n)	creating a false identity using sb else’s identifying information to make new credit cards or take loans	commit an ~; protect from ~; accuse sb of ~
20	Intruder (n)	the one who puts oneself deliberately into a place or situation where one is unwelcome or uninvited	network/computer/impudent ~; attack/alert an ~; intrude (v), (un)intrusive (adj), intrusion (n); syn. invader, trespasser
21	Jacking (n)	taking sth in a manner forbidden by law, rules, or custom	click/hi/page-~; engage in/be (get) involved in/suspect/combat/protect against ~; create a click-~ site; jack in (v); jacker (n): hi/click/page-~; syn. stealing Cf. identity theft
22	Keylogging (n)	installing a program on a victim's machine that records every keystroke made by a user for stealing login and password details	suspect/engage in/combat/protect against/suffer from ~; keylogger (n)
23	Mousetrapping (n)	forcing an Internet user to stay on a particular website by triggering a mouse trap	engage in/suspect/combat/protect against ~
24	Packet monkey (n)	sb who intentionally floods a network server or router with data packets in order to make it unreachable by others	Cf. flooding
25	Phracking (n)	a combination of phreaking with computer hacking	engage in/suspect/combat/protect against ~; phracker (n)
26	Phreaking (n)	hacking telephone systems, usually for the purpose of making free phone calls	engage in/suspect of /combat/protect against ~; freaker (n)
27	Piggybacking (n)	gaining unauthorized access to a computer system via another user's legitimate connection	engage in/be (get) involved in/be caught ~; a piggyback
28	Piracy (n)	the act of illegally copying software, music, or movies that are copyright-protected	computer/software ~; act of ~; engage in/suspect/combat/commit/ protect against ~; anti-piracy (n): ~ law/measures; pirate (n), pirated (adj); syn. bootlegging
29	Pharming (n)	misdirecting traffic from one website to a website controlled by a criminal hacker by altering the domain name system or configuration files on a victim’s computer	engage in/be (get) involved in/ suspect/combat/commit/protect against ~; pharmer (n)
30	Phishing (n)	sending e-mails or creating web pages that are designed to collect confidential information for penetration, financial fraud or identity theft	engage in/be involved in/be caught ~; phisher (n)
31	Repudiation (n)	rejection of a proposal or idea; refusal to fulfill or discharge an agreement, obligation, or debt	~ of a law/contract/policy/idea/ principle; (n); repudiate (v); syn. reject, renounce ant. non-repudiation
32	Salami theft /slicing (n)	stealing tiny amounts of money from each transaction	engage in/be (get) involved in/be (get) caught (in) ~
33	Scavenging (n)	looking through discarded listings, tapes, or other information storage media for useful information such as access codes, passwords, or sensitive data	engage in/be (get) involved in/be (get) caught ~; syn. dumpster diving
34	Spoofing (n)	deceiving a system into thinking you are someone you really are not to bypass security measures	IP ~; engage in/be (get) involved in/be (get) caught ~; spoofer (n)
35	Steal (v)	take sb’s property without permission or legal right and without intending to return it	~ sth from sb; stolen (adj), stealth (n), stealthy (adj), stealthily (adv); syn. theft (n) Cf. thief
36	Trojan Horse (n)	an innocent-looking program that has undocumented harmful functions	download/detect/neutralize a ~; Cf. Easter egg, time bomb, zombie
37	Trolling (n)	an anti-social act of causing an interpersonal conflict and controversy online, purposely sowing hatred, bigotry, racism, etc.	go ~; engage in/prevent/tackle/stop (an act of)/suffer from/reduce the risk of ~; troll (v); syn. cyberbullying
38	Virus (n)	a computer program designed to replicate and spread itself from one machine to another by human action	download/detect/neutralize/spread/disseminate a ~; Cf. bot, zombie
39	Wiretapping (n)	the interception of electronic communications in order to access information	engage in/detect/be (get) caught/protect against/from ~
40	Worm (n)	a program which spreads through a computer system or network by replicating itself without human action(like a virus) but without integrating itself into its executable code	install/download/detect/neutralize/ spread/disseminate a ~

 

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ACTIVITIES

Activity 1. Give synonyms:

1. bootlegger
2. combat
3. committed to sth
4. breach
5. stealth
6. cyberslacking
7. filter

Activity 2. Give antonyms:

1. compliant
2. repudiation
3. violation
4.conformity
5. copyright
6. piracy
7. black-hat cracker

Activity 3. Word family. Fill in the missing words of the same root where possible:

Noun	Verb	Adjective	Adverb
	commit
Intruder
		criminal
	steal
			fraudulently
Flood
		(non-) compliant

Activity 4. Complete the tables with words that form strong partnerships with the target vocabulary units:

Verb	Target vocabulary unit
	fraud

Verb	Target vocabulary unit
	a worm/virus

Target vocabulary unit	Noun
commit a(n)

 

Verb	Target vocabulary unit
	spoofing

Target vocabulary unit	Noun
comply with a

 

Activity 5. Match the given terms with their definitions: