Traditional Brute Force Attacks: A simple method of brute force where a hacker has a username or list of usernames and attempts, manually or by running a brute force program script, to guess passwords until a correct combination of credentials is found. ...
A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack is the same type of attack, except the hacker uses multiple breached devices at the same time. The goal of these cyber attacks isn’t usually to steal data, but to halt or even shut down business operations. DDoS attacks have shut down ...
A cyber attack is an attack launched from one or more computers against another computer, multiple computers or networks. Here are some of the major recent cyber attacks and what we can learn from them.
If a hacker wants to commit identity theft or credit card fraud, they first need to access enough of their victim’s personal data to fuel the crime. Here are several ways they can get that access: Phishing: Cybercrooks use “bait” in the form of fraudulent messages to lure victims to...
The hacker creates an appealing page with the promise of giving the user a complimentary smartwatch. In the shadow, the fraudster verifies if the user has logged into his banking site and, if so, loads the window that allows funds to be transferred, inserting the attacker’s bank account ...
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They do so by altering an ordinary bit of a file and inserting malicious code in it. Once a user unintentionally downloads the code by opening a file or image, the malware is activated, and the hacker gains control of the user’s network, or the malware corrupts the content. The ...
A man-in-the-middle attack (MITM) is a type of cyber attack in which the hacker relays or modifies communication between two parties who believe to be communicating directly. Eavesdropping is one example of an MITM attack, in which the attacker establishes independent connections with two victi...
With BEC, the hacker impersonates a CEO or other top executive at a company, and then dupes an employee at that company into transferring corporate funds to a fake bank account. Sixty-eight percent of all phishing emails in 2022 were BEC attacks, according to SlashNext’s report...
A hacker performs various exploits in the name of hacktivism to demonstrate their political or social dissatisfaction with current events. The exploits and threats remain the same, but hacktivists have specific political goals rather than financial reasons to perform attacks....