WHAT IS CYBERSECURITY?
Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from digital attacks. Cyberattacks are usually aimed at accessing, changing, or destroying sensitive information or interrupting normal business processes.
Examples:
- Phishing is the practice of sending fraudulent emails that resemble emails from reputable sources. The aim is to steal sensitive data like credit card numbers and login information. This is the most common type of cyber attack.
- Ransomware is a type of malicious software that prevents you from accessing your computer files, systems, or networks and demands you pay a ransom for their return.
- Intellectual property violations involve robbing people or companies of their ideas, inventions, and creative expressions—known as “intellectual property”. There are four types of intellectual property (IP) rights: patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.
- Social engineering attacks target people with legitimate-looking emails and social media messages that trick users into providing confidential data, such as credit card number, social security number, account number, or password.
- Harmful web robots (or ‘bots’ for short) are automated programs that are placed across the internet to do various tasks.
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