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Mind Map by Toby STEPHENS, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Toby STEPHENS
almost 4 years ago
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Cyber security
- Threat
- A threat is an incident or an action which is deliberate or unintended that results in disruption, down
time or data loss.
- Internal Threat = caused by an incident inside an organisation
- External Threat = caused outside the organisation
- Attack
- An attack is a deliberate action, targeting an organisation’s digital system or data.
- An attack is a deliberate action, targeting an organisation’s digital system or data.
- A threat is an incident or an action which is deliberate or unintended that results in disruption, down
time or data loss.
- Unauthorised Access
- This refers to someone gaining entry without permission to an organisation’s system, software or
data.
- This refers to someone gaining entry without permission to an organisation’s system, software or
data.
- Hacker
- Black Hat
- They try to inflict damage by compromising security systems
- They try to inflict damage by compromising security systems
- Grey Hat
- Do it for fun and not with malicious intent
- Do it for fun and not with malicious intent
- White Hat
- working with organizations to strengthen the security of a system
- working with organizations to strengthen the security of a system
- Black Hat
- MALWARE (AKA Malicious software)
- This is an umbrella term given to software that is designed to harm a digital system, damage data or
harvest sensitive information.
- Virus (Not a human virus)
- A piece of malicious code that attaches to a legitimate program. It is
capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great
harm to files or other programs on the same computer.
- A piece of malicious code that attaches to a legitimate program. It is
capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great
harm to files or other programs on the same computer.
- Worm
- A self-contained program that is capable
of spreading on it's own without human
help. Worms get around by exploiting
vulnerabilities in operating systems and
attaching themselves to emails. They self
replicate at a tremendous rate, using up
hard drive space and bandwidth,
overloading servers.
- A self-contained program that is capable
of spreading on it's own without human
help. Worms get around by exploiting
vulnerabilities in operating systems and
attaching themselves to emails. They self
replicate at a tremendous rate, using up
hard drive space and bandwidth,
overloading servers.
- Trojan
- It is a type of Malware that is hidden in legitimate sotware.
- It is a type of Malware that is hidden in legitimate sotware.
- Rootkit
- Is a set of tools that give a hacker a high level administrative control, of a computer.
- Is a set of tools that give a hacker a high level administrative control, of a computer.
- Ransomware
- Encrypts files stored on a computer to extort or steal money from organisations. Victims must then
pay a ransom to have the encrypted files unlocked. There is normally a deadline for the transaction to
happen.
- Encrypts files stored on a computer to extort or steal money from organisations. Victims must then
pay a ransom to have the encrypted files unlocked. There is normally a deadline for the transaction to
happen.
- Spyware
- Is a malicious software secretly installed to collect information from someone else's computer
- Keyloggers
- spyware that records every keystroke made on a computer to steal personal information
- spyware that records every keystroke made on a computer to steal personal information
- Is a malicious software secretly installed to collect information from someone else's computer
- This is an umbrella term given to software that is designed to harm a digital system, damage data or
harvest sensitive information.
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