cyber security

cyber security

1. key terms

   • un atorised entery
     • un wanted access to your computer
   • attack
     • internet
     • external
       • caused out side of the orginisation
     • incident
   • cyber security

2. hackers

   • some one that gets into a compuer
   • a person or thing that hacks technoligy

3. types of threates

   • malware
     • pecifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system.
     • Trojan Horse:
     • Rootkit
     • Ransomware:
       • Encrypts files stored on a computer to extort/demand or steal money from organisations.
     • spyware
       • Is secretly installed to collect information from someone else's computer
     • keyloggers
       • spyware that records every keystroke made on a computer to steal personal information

4. social enjenering

   • Shoulder Surfing/Shouldering
     • It involves the attacker watching the victim while they provide sensitive information
   • Phishing
     • is an attack in which the victim receives an email disguised to look as if it has come from a reputable source, in order to trick them into giving up valuable data. The email usually provides a link to another website where the information can be inputted.
   • Pharming
     • s when a victim redirects the user from a genuine website to a fake one.
   • Blagging/Pretexting
     • is an attack in which the perpetrator invents a scenario in order to convince the victim to give them data or money.
   • Tailgating/Piggybacking
     • Trying to gain access to a secure room or building.
   • Baiting
     • Cyber criminals make a promise of goods to get the information that they need.