Cybersecurity Crossword for Adults

This medium crossword about cybersecurity has 15 entries on an 11 by 11 grid, 7 across and 8 down.

Answers average 5.3 letters and the longest runs nine, clued as "Spy program recording your keystrokes" (3 Down). It crosses three other answers, which makes it a useful one to try first.

  • 15 clues
  • 11 x 11 grid
  • Medium
  • Answers 3 to 9 letters

The three longest answers

  1. 7 Across (8)Casting a line for credentials
  2. 2 Down (7)Malware that hides its own existence
  3. 3 Down (9)Spy program recording your keystrokes

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Across

  1. 4. Standalone replicating malware
  2. 5. Physical or digital key for access
  3. 6. Flood of unsolicited messages
  4. 7. Casting a line for credentials
  5. 11. Payment demanded to unlock data
  6. 13. Code that spreads by infecting files
  7. 14. Secretly monitor network traffic

Down

  1. 1. Unauthorized exposure of data
  2. 2. Malware that hides its own existence
  3. 3. Spy program recording your keystrokes
  4. 8. Forge an email address or caller ID
  5. 9. Attack that floods a site with traffic
  6. 10. Server acting as a middleman
  7. 12. Device connected to a network
  8. 13. Tool for a secure encrypted connection

Answer key

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