Insider threats: While many cyber attacks originate outside of the organizations that are attacked, it’s not uncommon to have an inside job occur. When employees have broad access to guest information, financial data, and passwords, it’s possible for data theft or a security leak to occur....
People - The biggest vulnerability in any organization is the human at the end of the system. Social engineering is the biggest threat to the majority of organizations. This category of cyber threats can be addressed with an in-house cyber threat awareness program. What is Vulnerability Management...
Additionally, many forms of cyberbullying fall under other illegal categories, such as harrassment (especially if it has a basis in gender or race), threats, stalking, extortion, undeage sexting or sexual extortion, or cybercrime. If you’re wondering about a specific instance of cyberbullying ...
The most common types of cyber threats include: Hacking Social Engineering Physical Security Attacks Viruses and Malware (malicious software) Ransomware attacks Continue reading:Types of Cyber Threats Challenges of Cyber Security For effective cyber security, an organization needs to coordinate its efforts...
are a few security tools commonly deployed by organizations to prevent cyber attacks. Of course, tools are not enough to prevent attacks—every organization needs trained IT and security staff, or outsourced security services, to manage the tools and effectively use them to mitigate threats. ...
Cyberbullying happens in a repeated, deliberate, and hostile manner. It can be as simple as repeatedly sending emails, texting, or harassing someone. Cyberbullying may involve: Repeated public threats Hate speech, pejorative labels, or defamatory false accusations ...
Cyber extortionists reportedly used a hacking tool to trick thousands of users into opening malware attachments in emails that seemed to contain legitimate files. Once this self-propagating malware or “worm” was inside the network, it silently infected other vulnerable computers. ...
The Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCDCoE) has published the Tallinn Manual, a textbook that addresses rare but seriouscyber threats. This manual explains when cyber attacks violate international law and how countries may respond to such violations. ...
eco-system. From spoofing, phishing, and cross-site scripting attacks to packet-sniffing, worms, and HTML smuggling, the average user (whether personal or business) can be easily forgiven for running into a stumbling block or two when trying to understand the sprawling world of cyber threats. ...
As mentioned, cybercriminals can target individuals, businesses, and governments. And at the risk of sounding alarmist, none of those groups are any more or less safe from threats than the others. Cyber fraudsters are pretty indiscriminate when it comes to choosing their victims. Luckily, we ha...