cybersecurity

cybersecurity

1. cyber attacks

   • phishing
     • sending fake emails and messages to people to get their passwords and money
   • malware
     • key logging
       • getting your passwords by seeing what youre typing
     • botnets
     • ransomware
       • malware that will ask for things in return for the users data

2. cyber defences

   • backups
     • these are copies of the original save to prevent deleting of the save
   • ethical hacking
     • white hat hacking
       • these people are paid to find any holes in the security
     • grey hat hacking
       • these people are not hired to do this but do it to help the company
   • security software
     • finds any malware in the computer and gets rid of it

3. encryption

   • cyphers
     • caesar ciper
     • substitution
   • plaintext
   • ciphertext
   • key
   • cracking
     • brute force
     • statistical attacks