Present the lesson Smart, Safe and Secure Online. This lesson teaches students to use caution when downloading, forwarding chain emails, opening emails and attachments from unknown sources. Students create comics to teach others about cyber security. [Lesson plan ]
File extension: a string of letters at the end of a file that indicates the type of file (.exe, .doc.)
Hacking: Breaking into a computer or network illegally.
Malicious code: computer code (programming) designed to do harm to a computer including viruses, worms and Trojan horses.
Phishing: Using a business name illegally in order to obtain information via email.
Spam: To send out unwanted and unsolicited mass e-mailings. They are often commercial advertising and inappropriate. These e-mails may contain worms, viruses or other malicious code.
Spim: Similar to spam, but sent via Instant messaging. It may also contain malicious code.
Steganography: (or “stego”) A technology that allows people to hide files within another file in order to transfer information secretly.
Virus: Computer programs that spread themselves by infecting files. They are usually spread through e-mail attachments.
Trojan horses: Computer programs that claim to do one thing but actually do another when downloaded.
Worms: Computer code that travels through networks via shared files and programs.
Spyware: A program that runs in the background to monitor computer activities without the user knowing it.
