Security Threats: Detection and Prevention

Security Threats: Detection and Prevention

1. Brute Force Attack

   • Strong password
   • 2 step verification
   • Locking an account after a number of attempts to login

2. Phishing

   • scanning documents
   • Checking where the email came from

3. Worm

   • Running anti-malware
   • scanning files before opening

4. DDos

   • Use a firewall

5. Spyware

   • don't leave you phone or other devices on so people can download it
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   • Firewall

6. Trojan horse

   • don't download software from an unknown source

7. Computer virus

   • running anti-malware
   • not using links from untrusted source