Cybersecurity threats 1

The act of securing and protecting individuals, businesses, organizations, and governments that are connected to the Internet and the Web.

• cybersecurity

• cybercriminals

• privacy policies

• Social engineering

a set of methods used by cybercriminals to deceive individuals into handing over information that they can use for fraudulent purposes

• cybersecurity

• cybercriminals

• privacy policies

• Social engineering

individuals who use computers, networks, and the internet to perpetrate crime

• cybersecurity

• cybercriminals

• privacy policies

• Social engineering

Statements about how a company will use and protect a consumer's private data.

• cybersecurity

• cybercriminals

• privacy policies

• Social engineering

attacks in which the victim is asked in an app or a social media post to combine a few pieces of information or complete a short quiz to produce a name.

• phishing

• blagging

• shouldering

• name generator attack

a technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft, usually by means of fraudulent e-mail

• phishing

• blagging

• shouldering

• name generator attack

Observing a person's private information over their shoulder e.g. cashpoint pin number

• phishing

• blagging

• shouldering

• name generator attack

An attack on a computer or network device in which multiple computers send data and requests to the device in an attempt to overwhelm it so that it cannot perform normal operations.

• brute force attacks

• script kiddies

• DoS (Denial of Service)

• DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service)

hackers who use tools downloaded from the internet that allow them to hack with little technical knowledge.

• brute force attacks

• script kiddies

• DoS (Denial of Service)

• DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service)

Exhausts all possible password combinations to break into an account

• brute force attacks

• script kiddies

• DoS (Denial of Service)

• DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service)