You are reviewing computer security issues with a new techni

You are reviewing computer security issues with a new technician in your department. You are currently discussing computer malware. What sort of malicious software sends a copy of what the computer user types to a remote location to harvest passwords and other private information?

A. A virus

B. A worm

C. A keystroke logger

D. A password cracker

Solution

C. One method of teaching customers to use strong passwords that they will remember is to have them base their password on a phrase rather than a word. For instance, 4s&7yrsaO is based on the famous phrase used by Abraham Lincoln, “Four score and seven years ago, our.” While you may not want to use a phrase that is so famous, having a customer use the lyrics to a song or the words to a favorite poem, shifting it to be represented by letters, numbers, and special characters, is better than using a single word and changing a few of the characters.