Internet security is a complex topic even for experts in the field, and for average people the terminology can be downright confusing. While you may not need to know every technical term out there, having a working vocabulary of basic terms can help you stay informed enough to protect yourself against major threats. If you know what a phishing email is, for example, you can be on the lookout and avoid this common danger. This lexicon of the most important security terms will help you make sense of security alerts and help equip you to take appropriate steps to protect your home network and computers. Computer systems and networks employ a variety of techniques to protect you and your data from unauthorized access.

How do you stop someone from exploiting a vulnerability in your software when you don't know that the vulnerability exists? That's the problem faced by cyber security experts who try to stop zero-day exploits. If you're lucky, a friendly spots the vulnerability and tells you about it so you can fix it before any damage is done. If you're unlucky, the hackers find it first and you find out after the attacks begin on day zero. Mega-corporations like Google and Apple are attacking this problem with bounties offered to anyone who can hack their software.

DJI clearly doesn't like that organizations are shying away from its drones over security fears, and it knows it can't solve the problem by itself. The company is launching a bug bounty program that will pay between $100 and $30,000 to anyone who finds flaws in its software, whether they're showstopping security exploits, privacy threats, safety issues or simple app crashes. Bug bounties certainly aren't anything new, but this shows how important drone security has become -- DJI doesn't want to lose business or risk an injury because it didn't catch a glitch in time. You can email bug reports to DJI right now, although you'll have to wait a while longer if you want a standardized form and a clearer explanation of the bounty's terms. DJI isn't leaning solely on prizes to improve its security, of course.