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- 1Virusa computer virus is a software that is designed to copy itself over and over again
- 2trojanA trojan program can appears to be just a harmless application but will run in the background performing something malicious.
- 3wormA computer worm behaves in a similar way to a virus, but it does not necessarily harm files. Instead, it tries to copy itself so many times that the whole system runs out of resources and crashes.
- 4adwareAdware is malware which can force your browser to display unwanted pop-up advertisements.
- 5spywareSpyware stays hidden out of view and is designed to spy on your computer, looking for personal information, passwords and so on.
- 6scarewareScareware will cause a pop-up to appear on your screen which will say something like 'Your computer has a virus. To clear the problem please purchase this software', and a link is provided in the pop-up.
- 7ransomwareRansomware encrypts critical files and data, making them unusable.
- 8rootkitsRootkits give other people permissions and access to your computer, allowing them to take it over remotely and do whatever they like.
- 9PhishingPhishing is the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. E.G. emails, text messages.
- 10social engineeringn the context of information security, social engineering is the psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging confidential information.
- 11poor network policyBusinesses often do not have robust and well-thought through policies for reducing the risk of data loss by one method or another.
- 12brute force attackThese are one of the most common forms of brute force attack and use a list of words in a dictionary to crack passwords. Other types of attack may use a list of commonly used passwords.
- 13ddosflood a server with requests.
- 14SQL injection
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