Cybersecurity

An unskilled person who uses programs developed by others to hack.

• Script Kiddie

• Hacktivist

• Nation-State Hacker

• Cybercriminal

Subversive use of computer systems to promote a political/social agenda.

• Script Kiddie

• Hactivist

• Nation-State Hacker

• Cybercriminal

Government-level hacker seeking to devastate another country's national security or economy.

• Script Kiddie

• Hacktivist

• Nation-State Hacker

• Cybercriminal

Emailing to acquire sensitive information (passwords) by pretending to be a trustworthy entity.

• Phishing

• Zero-Day Exploit

• DDOS

• Backdoor

• Botnet

Tricking people into breaking normal security rules and procedures and/or divulging personal information.

• Zero-Day Exploit

• Botnet

• Social Engineering

• Backdoor

• Phishing

Taking advantage of a software vulnerability on the day it is discovered, before the developers can patch it.

• Phishing

• Zero-Day Exploit

• Botnet

• Backdoor

• Social Engineering

An undocumented portal that allows an administrator to enter the system.

• Phishing

• Zero-Day Exploit

• Social Engineering

• Backdoor

• Botnet

A malicious file that can attach to other files and replicate when the user shares the file.

• Virus

• Worm

• Trojan

• DDOS

A malicious attempt to make an internet/network server unavailable to legitimate users.

• Virus

• Worm

• Trojan

• DDOS

A malicious program that pretends to be benign/normal.

• Virus

• Worm

• Trojan

• DDOS