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Computers and the Internet

Lesson 4: Cyber attacks

Computer malware

AP.CSP: IOC‑2.B (LO), IOC‑2.B.10 (EK), IOC‑2.B.7 (EK), IOC‑2.B.8 (EK), IOC‑2.B.9 (EK), IOC‑2.C (LO), IOC‑2.C.2 (EK), IOC‑2.C.7 (EK)

The following snippet is from a 2020 news article:

"On March 18, we uncovered an email campaign that pushed victims into unwittingly downloading an invasive keylogger called Agent Tesla."

What is the primary danger of accidentally downloading a keylogger?

(Choice A)
A keylogger will record every key stroke and upload the data to an attacker.
(Choice B)
A keylogger will prevent the user from typing anything on their computer.
(Choice C)
A keylogger will share the secret keys of the user with other users on the network.
(Choice D)
A keylogger will replicate itself into other files on the computer.

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