Risks To Data

Risks To Data

1. Phishing

2. Malware

3. Computer Virus

4. Rogue

5. Trojan Horse

6. Malicious Spyware

7. Botnet

8. Spam

9. Rootkit

10. Software designed to damage or obtain data on a computer system.

11. To reduce the risk of this happening, you could: disable or uninstall flash, make sure that your software is up to date and avoid apps from untrusted sources.

12. A piece of code that is able to corrupt or destroy data.

13. To reduce the risk of this happening, you could install anti virus software and keep this up to date and make sure that your network is always secure.

14. https://www.autodesk.com/redshift/10-tips-on-how-to-prevent-malware-from-infecting-your-computer/

15. https://www.menlosecurity.com/blog/10-tips-to-reduce-malware-threats

16. A type of malicious software that misleads people into thinking that their computer has a virus on it.

17. To protect your computer against a rogue virus, you could: install a firewall, install anti-virus software and familiarise yourself with things such as common phishing scams so that you can identify them.

18. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/pc-security/antivirus-rogue.aspx

19. This is a virus designed to hide certain processes that occur in your computer. it is sometimes used to hide viruses that may be hacking into your computer system.

20. in order to reduce the risk of rootkits on your computer, watch out for phishing emails, be careful what you download and which websites you download them from and don't download things that have been sent to you by unknown accounts.

21. https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-malware-what-is-a-rootkit-and-how-to-stop-them.html