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10-Minute News Challenge
FirstNews
Issue 433
3rd - 9th October 2014
Science: Crossword
Major bug alert
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Read the Science report below from this week’s First News then have a go at the crossword. All the answers to the
crossword are words in the article. These words are underlined.
AT least 500 million computers, web servers and other electronic
devices are at risk from a new security bug that is located in Apple
Mac and Linux operating systems.
Computer researchers have described the Shellshock security flaw as “bigger than
Heartbleed”, the bug that made users’ passwords vulnerable to hackers. Heartbleed is
thought to have hit 500,000 internet servers.
This time, the flaw is found in a software component called Bash. It gives hackers the
opportunity to seize control of hundreds of millions of computers, smartphones and
The Shellshock bug leaves at least half a
tablets.
million devices worldwide open to attack
Bash stands for Bourne-Again SHell and it’s the software that controls the command
prompt on computers that use the Unix operating system. Other systems, such as Linux and Mac OS, are based on Unix. Ordinary
computer users can do nothing about Shellshock – it’s down to the people who maintain operating systems, websites and internet
servers.
The US Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning and urged programmers to provide a patch to fix the bug as a
matter of urgency.
ACROSS
2) Open to attack, exposed, defenceless
(adjective, 10)
4) This is made up of a set of instructions, stored in
digital form within the computer memory, and it
tells the computer system what to do. Bash is one of
these. (compound noun 8,9)
5) People who use computers to gain unauthorized
access to data (plural noun, 8)
7) People who write computer programs
(plural noun, 11)
9) Just like a bug, which gets into your body and
makes you vulnerable to sickness, this is another
name for a software bug that hackers use to get
into and infect your computer system, without your
permission or knowledge. They can then read or
send emails, access your personal information, or see
what you are typing etc. (compound noun 8,3)
10) When you click on the link, or type in a URL
into your browser, it connects to these servers (also
known as internet servers). These computers, or
computer programs, bring the Web pages you want
into your home or school computer screen. (plural
compound noun 3,6)
DOWN
1) Another word for web servers, these are special computers which are constantly switched on and connected to the
Internet so that each internet user around the world can access websites at all times. (plural compound noun 8, 7)
3) This is the most important program that runs on your computer and organizes and controls the hardware and software.
(compound noun 9,7)
6) Error, defect, bug, glitch (noun, 4)
8) Take, grab (verb, 5)
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10-Minute News Challenge
FirstNews
Issue 433
3rd - 9th October 2014
Science: Crossword
Major bug alert
Getty
Read the Science report below from this week’s First News then have a go at the crossword. All the answers to the
crossword are words in the article. These words are underlined.
AT least 500 million computers, web servers and other electronic
devices are at risk from a new security bug that is located in Apple
Mac and Linux operating systems.
Computer researchers have described the Shellshock security flaw as “bigger than
Heartbleed”, the bug that made users’ passwords vulnerable to hackers. Heartbleed is
thought to have hit 500,000 internet servers.
This time, the flaw is found in a software component called Bash. It gives hackers the
opportunity to seize control of hundreds of millions of computers, smartphones and
The Shellshock bug leaves at least half a
tablets.
million devices worldwide open to attack
Bash stands for Bourne-Again SHell and it’s the software that controls the command
prompt on computers that use the Unix operating system. Other systems, such as Linux and Mac OS, are based on Unix. Ordinary
computer users can do nothing about Shellshock – it’s down to the people who maintain operating systems, websites and internet
servers.
The US Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning and urged programmers to provide a patch to fix the bug as a
matter of urgency.
ACROSS
2) Open to attack, exposed, defenceless
(adjective, 10)
4) This is made up of a set of instructions, stored in
digital form within the computer memory, and it
tells the computer system what to do. Bash is one of
these. (compound noun 8,9)
5) People who use computers to gain unauthorized
access to data (plural noun, 8)
7) People who write computer programs
(plural noun, 11)
9) Just like a bug, which gets into your body and
makes you vulnerable to sickness, this is another
name for a software bug that hackers use to get
into and infect your computer system, without your
permission or knowledge. They can then read or
send emails, access your personal information, or see
what you are typing etc. (compound noun 8,3)
10) When you click on the link, or type in a URL
into your browser, it connects to these servers (also
known as internet servers). These computers, or
computer programs, bring the Web pages you want
into your home or school computer screen. (plural
compound noun 3,6)
DOWN
1) Another word for web servers, these are special computers which are constantly switched on and connected to the
Internet so that each internet user around the world can access websites at all times. (plural compound noun 8, 7)
3) This is the most important program that runs on your computer and organizes and controls the hardware and software.
(compound noun 9,7)
6) Error, defect, bug, glitch (noun, 4)
8) Take, grab (verb, 5)
Learning through news
www.FirstNews.co.uk/forschools