Five Kinds of Cyber Security Attacks
Just like people keep on
developing new apps and special security systems, in the similar way there are
people who keep on creating new viruses. These people never use the same kind
of virus twice, as they have innovative minds. There are different ways in
which the hackers implement cyber hacking. Some hackers want data while the
others just have to make money. Malware and vectors are the most common type of
cyber attacks. Some others are:- Brute force attack, cyber fraud, and
DDoS.
1. Malware: Once
the malware is introduced into the system, it will cause high damage by erasing
all the information stored in hardware. It usually targets people who are not
well versed with the IT and pay less attention towards the corrupt files.
2. Vectors: Used
to gain access to the system and the networks to contaminate the computer with
stolen data. They can be categorized into three main categories such as social
engineering, pharming, and phishing. All three are used to gain access to the
information through deceived ways mainly by manipulating the viewers, just one
wrong move and the information is leaked.
3. Brute
force attack: It usually attacks a password protection mechanism. It
uses some specially designed software to attack the passwords and crack them.
They manage to go to every word in the dictionary to access the password.
4. Cyber
fraud: It occurs on a daily basis covering a wide range of
activities such as bullying, stealing bank account numbers, stealing individual
identity, Even terrorist attacks can take place due to this. Planned bullying
is the main part of it.
5. DDoS (
Distributed Denial of service attack): Must have
experienced the server being overloaded with connections with the ultimate aim
of shutting down the system, this is done deliberately to dislocate the system,
hence making the work impossible.
It’s mandatory to protect
your system from these cyber attacks with the available antivirus software in
the market, specially designed to save your system from the organized
cybercriminals.
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