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Vipin Chauhan
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Asked: March 30, 20222022-03-30T00:19:37+05:30 2022-03-30T00:19:37+05:30

What Is a Threat In Cyber Security?

What Is a Threat In Cyber Security?
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    1. Farwa Khalid Bronze
      2022-05-17T14:05:25+05:30Added an answer on May 17, 2022 at 2:05 pm

      What Is a Threat in Cyber Security?

      Cybersecurity threats are carried out by individuals with harmful intentions like stealing data, and damaging or disturbing the computer system. It refers to a malicious attack that illegally accesses the data. These threats arise from many sources like terrorist groups, criminal organizations, cooperative spies, malware, denial of service, social engineering, lone attackers, and man-in-the-middle attack who misuse their privileges to carry out malicious attacks.

      Cyber security attackers use company or individual data to access financial accounts ans to steal sensitive information. For the protection of private data, cyber security professionals are required. These threats come from unknown parties or come from trusted persons in the organization. some attackers are serious, some just cause disturbance, and some damage human lives.

      Types of cyber threats:

      Cyber security professionals must have an understanding of these types of threats.

      Malware attack:

      Malware is malicious software it includes spyware, viruses, worms, and the most common type of malware is ransomware. It is activated when the users click on the malicious website link or attachments and unwanted software is downloaded. It steals sensitive information, blocks access to the system, and shut the functions altogether. Once malware is activated it performs these activities in the system,

      1. Download harmful software
      2. Malware blocks access to the components of the systems
      3. It transfers data from the hard drive to obtain information
      4. Damage the parts of the system and made the system malignant.
      • Phishing:

      This attack uses fake communication like email to trigger the user to open it and ask the user to provide credit card numbers. Their goal is to steal login information and credit card numbers.

      • Emotet:

      Emotet is a modular and advanced banking trojan their main function acts as a downloader of trojan banking. It is the most costly and destructive malware.

      • Man in the middle:

      It happens when the hackers are between two parties. According to Cisco, it filters and steals the data after causing an interruption in the traffic. It mostly happens to use an unsecured public Wi-Fi network.

      • Password attacks:

      Attackers steal information with the right password. Social engineering is a kind of password attack. It is a scheme that is based on interaction and tricks people to access standard security.

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